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What is Obesity hypoventilation syndrome?
It is a condition in which severely overweight people fail to breathe rapidly enough or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide (CO2) levels.
Questions and answers on "Obesity hypoventilation syndrome"
My Aunt is around 85 of age. She has developed blood oxygen problem. She relies on oxygen 24/7. Her saturation drops to less than 88 quickly...
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I would explain as follows:
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oxygen level 84 during sleep
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Need to know few more things about you.
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I am a female, 66, and weigh 278 lbs. with a number of health issues: Hypertension, Fibromyalgia, arthritis, spinal stenosis, GERD, Hashimoto...
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Can be respiratory in origin also!
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