Is Low Blood Oxygen Level Dangerous?

November 21, 2009 by Carrie Tucker  
Filed under Oxygen


Is Low Blood Oxygen Level Dangerous?

Is Low Blood Oxygen Level Dangerous?

ALL of the cells that make up your body need oxygen or they will DIE!

Hey, no joke!

Killing off cells sure won’t build health.

If your oxygen level falls low enough, it can stimulate your vagus nerve and cause your heart to stop.

Got that?

If you are ignoring your low oxygen level, you are risking DEATH!

Ask your family to tell you if your lips are blue.  While you’re asking, find out if they think you have short term memory loss.

How was your last eye exam?  Were your eyes worse?

Do you know what you need to about YOUR blood oxygen level? Read more

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Planning on Acute Heart Failure This Holiday?

December 11, 2008 by Carrie Tucker  
Filed under Disease Management, Heart


Well that is a stupid question.  No body wants to rush to the emergency room gasping for breath, and then spend a few days dining on hospital fare with your butt hanging out of the most unflattering attire imaginable.

“Ho ho ho?”

“I don’t think so!”

Yet, if you are shopping ‘til you drop, and then having chips and dips and drinks with desert (prescription medication too?), you are asking for a hospitalized holiday!

Lack of sleep, water and good wholesome food will catch up with you quick.  (Yes, YOU!)

You waste SO much energy processing and eliminating stimulants, alcohol and junk food!

Plan on avoiding acute heart failure!

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Will Low Blood Oxygen Levels Kill You?


Fingertip Pulse Oximeter
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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.

If your low blood oxygen levels become extreme enough Read more