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Oximeter reading
Do oximeters show wrong values when used on cold hands?
I used on index finger once and my hands were very cold, it showed 93-98 and the pi was very less and then I put on my middle finger the pi was fine and reading was 98-99
I then made my hands warm by rubbing them against each other and then it was 98-99 on index and middle finger. What is my oxygen level exactly?
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When your hands are cold all the small blood vessels in the hands shrink. Surely amount of blood flowing through them is less and so is Oxygenation.
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You are normal no to worrie
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Dr. Priyanka Reddy
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5 yrs exp
Nellore
Yes it may
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Dr. Viji Balakrishnan
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12 yrs exp
Mumbai
Yes it can vary with temperature ok.. make your body or hands warm or to room temperature and then check that will be normal.
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Dr. Khushboo
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New Delhi
Yes on cold hand it may show variations
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