How Important Is Oxygen?

If you have low oxygen levels you are dying.

Denial is not effective treatment for low oxygen levels.  Even if you “feel okay”.

Oxygen hitches a ride on your red blood cells in order to travel around your body.  If your oxygen level is too low (below 92%) the oxygen molecules can’t make the leap.  The pressure is too low.

When your oxygen level is below 92%, the oxygen that is in your blood cruises around in your circulation but the pressure isn’t high enough for it to actually get where it is needed.

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What Does Low Oxygen Level Feel Like?

Low oxygen levels rob you of your health and can kill you.  Will you feel it if you have a low oxygen level?

Many people who have dangerously low oxygen levels report “feeling just fine” despite their pale color and confusion.

Watch for the following signs:

• water retention (especially feet/ ankles)
• shortness of breath/ difficulty breathing
• extreme fatigue
• chest tightness
• mental confusion/ short-term-memory loss
• tingling fingers
• chronic cough
• blue coloring around lips
• waking at night gasping for breath

Your body requires 92% blood oxygen saturation or above.  There is no getting around your oxygen requirement.

If you ignore your low oxygen level you will lose your eye sight, short term memory, and your strength and stamina.  The progressive weakening of your heart muscle will contribute to your heart failure.

Whether you feel concerned or not, get to your doctor and have your oxygen levels checked if you have any of the symptoms listed above.

It does NOT matter whether you suffer with low oxygen levels, or you “feel fine” with low oxygen levels, YOUR HEALTH WILL BE LOST! Read more

Will Low Blood Oxygen Levels Kill You?

Low oxygen levels will kill you slowly, OR can kill you instantly.

For years I worked in a very large hospital in Tacoma, Washington.  I can not count the times that I have been part of a CPR effort on someone who had taken their oxygen off to get out of bed, and then experienced a cardiac arrest in the bathroom.

Very low oxygen levels can cause stimulation of your vagus nerve, which can stop your heart.  Bearing down can also stimulate the vagus nerve.

You do NOT want to have low oxygen levels when you are sitting on the toilet!

2am, lunch time for night shift, the familiar bells, bing-bing-bing.  Code 4 room xyz, Code 4 room xyz!

Instead of lunch, we were on our knees in shit, trying to save someones life.

You WANT to meet your oxygen needs, especially when you are on the toilet.

If you have low blood oxygen levels any time you exert yourself, sleep, habitually hold your breath, or anything else you might do, you are robbing your vital organs of the oxygen needed for wellness.

If you have low blood oxygen levels you WILL lose your eye sight, your short term memory, your strength, and your charming disposition.

Guaranteed.

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Exercise With Oxygen Can Help You Kick Ass In the World, Got Oxygen?

Feeling like there is lead in your shoes?

Whether you just want more energy or you are bed ridden wanting to have a life again.  Exercise with oxygen can benefit you.

Let me tell you about Mr. K, one very charismatic patient I used to care for.

Mr. K used to ‘bout kill himself on his exercise bike.  I’m telling you!  I had to beg the guy to stop.

“Please, don’t harm yourself while I’m here!  At least wait until I leave!”

He was a bit offended by my remarks.  I really didn’t think he would listen to a thing I said.  I was so surprised when the next time I saw him, he was my biggest fan! Read more

If My Doctor Says I No Longer Need Oxygen, Do I Need a Second Opinion?

A critical care unit is a good place to learn about the importance of oxygen.  You will find out in a quick hurry how closely they watch oxygen levels.

The sicker you are, the more closely the doctors and nurses and respiratory therapists will monitor it.

In a home care setting, oxygen is just as important to the quality of your life.

In critical care, we are trying to save your life.

In a home setting, oxygen becomes something that annoys the patient.  They often think of it as a crutch, rather than the valuable health building tool that it is.

The family tires of the tanks and tripping over the tubing, not to mention the growing electric bill.

Everyone is overjoyed to hear that they no longer need oxygen!

Hold on a moment before you give up that supply of oxygen!

What?  Doesn’t your doctor know what’s best for you?

He wouldn’t take you off of oxygen if you still needed it.

Right?

Well, I’m sure he wouldn’t take you off oxygen, if he THOUGHT you needed it.  Certainly we can agree on that.

The challenge comes in, because: Read more

Low Oxygen Level: Can You Recover?

I have seen more than a thousand patients with low oxygen level in their homes over 10 years, and I know that nothing is impossible. The more chronic your condition, the more likely you will be to need oxygen therapy to live a normal life.

So, can you recover from low oxygen levels?

A much more important question is …

“Can I die from low oxygen levels?”

The answer to that question is yes.

Let me tell you about some of my patients to illustrate what I mean … Read more

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