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My friend's oxygen saturation is fluctuating as he check so many time but every time oxygen is fluctuating but for sometime it's stable.. he has not having any symptoms he is all ok .. is fluctuations in spO2 is normal ..his family is getting scared after looking his oxygen levels it start from 76 and after some minutes it goes around 93 - 94. Rest of members of his family getting 99 spO2. Please help me out in this.. is this fluctuations is ok for normal person or he get covid test or something else to clear this doubt.
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Hi. I understand your concern s. Tell your friend to do a online consult for a detailed analysis of symptoms and to suggest you further management plan
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