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Could The Oxygen Level Drops Caused Due To Cirrhosis?
I was recently diagnosed with advanced cirrhosis ( a biopsy was done) however I recently had a sleep study and it showed my oxgen level drops to the 70 s during the night ( no sleep apnea) could this possibly be due to the cirrhosis and if so how do I present it to the hepatologist?
Mon, 5 Oct 2015
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I have gone through your and being your physcian i completely understand your health concerns.
for how long u are suffering from it? any other associated problem like diabetes or hypertension? are u obese? what is your BMI? any other abnormality of upper respiratory tract infection? any history of asthma or bronchitis? do u smoke? what is your HB level?
as far as cirrhosis of liver is concerned , i dont think there is any association but there is one probabilty that you might have got pleural effusion which is dropping your saturation. you need to get chest XRAY for it.. what is your serum albumin levels?
my advise to you is to get your FBC along with the CHEST xray and meet PULMONOLOGIST so that u can be investigated and managed properly.
meanwhile stay calm
get well soon
Hope your query is adequately addressed if you still have any feel free to ask
Regards
Dr Saad Sultan
I have gone through your and being your physcian i completely understand your health concerns.
for how long u are suffering from it? any other associated problem like diabetes or hypertension? are u obese? what is your BMI? any other abnormality of upper respiratory tract infection? any history of asthma or bronchitis? do u smoke? what is your HB level?
as far as cirrhosis of liver is concerned , i dont think there is any association but there is one probabilty that you might have got pleural effusion which is dropping your saturation. you need to get chest XRAY for it.. what is your serum albumin levels?
my advise to you is to get your FBC along with the CHEST xray and meet PULMONOLOGIST so that u can be investigated and managed properly.
meanwhile stay calm
get well soon
Hope your query is adequately addressed if you still have any feel free to ask
Regards
Dr Saad Sultan
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