Oxygen level dropping when sleeping

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Sir /ma'am My grandfather had covid pneumonia 12/25 hrct score. He was discharged 40 days ago. From past 5-6 days his oxygen level drops to 92-93 while in sleep and when he wakes up his oxygen level comes back to 96-97. What should we do to cure it? And is it dangerous? His all reading are in range , only d dimer is high 1.06 (range is below 0.5).CrP is in range as well . Kindly help

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Dr. Adarsh Surendran Pulmonologist 7 yrs exp Thiruvananthapuram Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Adarsh Surendran

Pulmonologist 7 yrs exp Thiruvananthapuram

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kindly do a consultation with a pulmonologist to know more bout ur case and further management!!!!

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