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Low Blood Oxygen - Articles
12-10-11 Low oxygen will rob you-to Pulse or not to Pulse?
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Roxlyn
Posted
Sun 11 Dec 2011 12:06am
ALL of the cells that make up your body need oxygen or they will DIE! Hey, no joke! http://www.heartfailuresolutions.com/1949/oxygen/is-low-blood-oxygen-level-dange What the Hell is Heart Failure http://www.heartfailuresolutions.com/21/answer-my-health-question/what-the-hell-
Low oxygen levels will rob you of your eye sight, short term ...
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How We Breathe: Understanding Oxygenation of the Blood
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Lauren B.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 6:59pm
One of the main functions of the lungs is to oxygenate (bring oxygen into) a person's blood. When a person takes a breath of air, either through the mouth or the nose, it travels down the trachea (windpipe) where it then flows to tubes called bronchioles. At the end of the bronchioles are little sacs. These sacs are called alveoli and ar ...
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Oxygen as a drug in some respiratory diseases
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Dr. Gemzel H.
Posted
Tue 01 Jul 2008 4:10pm
Oxygen is a key element for our body to work properly. All the effort of breathing is made to keep the levels of this gas in the appropriate range. The healthy human being does not realize of the physical breathing process as a routine when the entire body is working in the positive balance of oxygen taking. However a challenge to the environ ...
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Oxygen as a drug in some respiratory diseases
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Dr. Gemzel H.
Posted
Tue 16 Sep 2008 6:00am
Oxygen is a key element for our body to work properly. All the effort of breathing is made to keep the levels of this gas in the appropriate range. The healthy human being does not realize of the physical breathing process as a routine when the entire body is working in the positive balance of oxygen taking. However a challenge to the environ ...
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Blood and Oxygen Go Together Like a Horse and Carriage
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A. Brewster S.
Posted
Thu 30 Oct 2008 3:24pm
Monday, I ended up in the ER.
I had just gotten home from the Y and was making breakfast (sausage biscuits from MAC!) for my grandson, when my vision started to split in half. My grandson became one half and then disappeared (in my line of vision, of course) I also began seeing flashing lights (an aura, I found out later).
Not one t ...
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Bought a finger-clip thing to measure the oxygen level in my blood
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Allen
Posted
Tue 23 Jun 2009 5:21pm
When I was in the hospital in January, the docs did a CT scan of my legs and lungs. The scan showed multiple blood clots in my legs but none in my lungs. However, the doctor was concerned that I might have small clots in my lungs due to my heavy breathing from climbing stairs and while walking.
As I've mentioned in previous posts, my recovery ...
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As I sit and reflect......
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Pamela B.
Posted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 11:48am
on life, I think about all of the trials Rhett has been through. He came into the world so small, and had alot of problems. When he was first born, he had a blood disorder, where basically his blood had a consistency of oil. This comes from his body making too many red blood cells. While in the NICU, they performed an infusion to correct it, wh ...
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Oxygen Therapy in COPD and Evidence to be Collected
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Dr. Gemzel H.
Posted
Wed 15 Sep 2010 5:48am
COPD and decreased Oxygen
Decrease in levels of Oxygen in blood is an important consequence of COPD. Compromising the air flow in the lungs leads to diminished blood Oxygen. The amount of Oxygen in blood is taken from arterial blood levels with samples (Presure of Oxygen gas) or with devices using infrared readings (Saturation by Oxymeter). ...
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