Overnight saturation monitoring results

[lflatford]

Like Kayleesgrandma said we all do desat at night because we are more relaxed, but also people who fall below 88% for a period of time do often wake up with morning headaches etc, because they are not getting enough o2 at night. 88% is the magic number for home 02, and since it was at night he may want to test you in the office with a pulse ox to see if you may need it all the time, with activity or in this case just at night.

Chuck father to Avery now 4 years old with DDF508

 

[lflatford]

Like Kayleesgrandma said we all do desat at night because we are more relaxed, but also people who fall below 88% for a period of time do often wake up with morning headaches etc, because they are not getting enough o2 at night. 88% is the magic number for home 02, and since it was at night he may want to test you in the office with a pulse ox to see if you may need it all the time, with activity or in this case just at night.

Chuck father to Avery now 4 years old with DDF508

 

[lflatford]

Like Kayleesgrandma said we all do desat at night because we are more relaxed, but also people who fall below 88% for a period of time do often wake up with morning headaches etc, because they are not getting enough o2 at night. 88% is the magic number for home 02, and since it was at night he may want to test you in the office with a pulse ox to see if you may need it all the time, with activity or in this case just at night.

Chuck father to Avery now 4 years old with DDF508

 

[lflatford]

Like Kayleesgrandma said we all do desat at night because we are more relaxed, but also people who fall below 88% for a period of time do often wake up with morning headaches etc, because they are not getting enough o2 at night. 88% is the magic number for home 02, and since it was at night he may want to test you in the office with a pulse ox to see if you may need it all the time, with activity or in this case just at night.

Chuck father to Avery now 4 years old with DDF508

 

[lflatford]

Like Kayleesgrandma said we all do desat at night because we are more relaxed, but also people who fall below 88% for a period of time do often wake up with morning headaches etc, because they are not getting enough o2 at night. 88% is the magic number for home 02, and since it was at night he may want to test you in the office with a pulse ox to see if you may need it all the time, with activity or in this case just at night.

Chuck father to Avery now 4 years old with DDF508

 

[lightNlife]

If your sats were truly alarming, the doc would have called a home healthcare service and had you started on supplemental night-time oxygen right away. This is a "no news is good news situation" I think. Sorry it's frustrating you though.

 

[lightNlife]

If your sats were truly alarming, the doc would have called a home healthcare service and had you started on supplemental night-time oxygen right away. This is a "no news is good news situation" I think. Sorry it's frustrating you though.

 

[lightNlife]

If your sats were truly alarming, the doc would have called a home healthcare service and had you started on supplemental night-time oxygen right away. This is a "no news is good news situation" I think. Sorry it's frustrating you though.

 

[lightNlife]

If your sats were truly alarming, the doc would have called a home healthcare service and had you started on supplemental night-time oxygen right away. This is a "no news is good news situation" I think. Sorry it's frustrating you though.

 

[lightNlife]

If your sats were truly alarming, the doc would have called a home healthcare service and had you started on supplemental night-time oxygen right away. This is a "no news is good news situation" I think. Sorry it's frustrating you though.

 

[luke]

Jenna,

Overnight pulse ox's are a strange animal...what qualifies for O2 and what is clinically signficant vary. Most insurances require that your SAT drops <88% for 5 minutes in order to "qualify" for home O2. Sleep docs normally say that it is not the amount of minutes but the percentage of overall time. Essentially, anything over 3% of total sleep time is clinically significant. The next problem is identifying why you dropped. We are quick to assume that it is because of CF but it is possible that the issue is another type of sleep disorder. Hope that helps.


Luke

 

[luke]

Jenna,

Overnight pulse ox's are a strange animal...what qualifies for O2 and what is clinically signficant vary. Most insurances require that your SAT drops <88% for 5 minutes in order to "qualify" for home O2. Sleep docs normally say that it is not the amount of minutes but the percentage of overall time. Essentially, anything over 3% of total sleep time is clinically significant. The next problem is identifying why you dropped. We are quick to assume that it is because of CF but it is possible that the issue is another type of sleep disorder. Hope that helps.


Luke

 

[luke]

Jenna,

Overnight pulse ox's are a strange animal...what qualifies for O2 and what is clinically signficant vary. Most insurances require that your SAT drops <88% for 5 minutes in order to "qualify" for home O2. Sleep docs normally say that it is not the amount of minutes but the percentage of overall time. Essentially, anything over 3% of total sleep time is clinically significant. The next problem is identifying why you dropped. We are quick to assume that it is because of CF but it is possible that the issue is another type of sleep disorder. Hope that helps.


Luke

 

[luke]

Jenna,

Overnight pulse ox's are a strange animal...what qualifies for O2 and what is clinically signficant vary. Most insurances require that your SAT drops <88% for 5 minutes in order to "qualify" for home O2. Sleep docs normally say that it is not the amount of minutes but the percentage of overall time. Essentially, anything over 3% of total sleep time is clinically significant. The next problem is identifying why you dropped. We are quick to assume that it is because of CF but it is possible that the issue is another type of sleep disorder. Hope that helps.


Luke

 

[luke]

Jenna,

Overnight pulse ox's are a strange animal...what qualifies for O2 and what is clinically signficant vary. Most insurances require that your SAT drops <88% for 5 minutes in order to "qualify" for home O2. Sleep docs normally say that it is not the amount of minutes but the percentage of overall time. Essentially, anything over 3% of total sleep time is clinically significant. The next problem is identifying why you dropped. We are quick to assume that it is because of CF but it is possible that the issue is another type of sleep disorder. Hope that helps.


Luke

 

[Breezy]

Also, I just want to say that in the event that you DO need to go on O2 at night, doesn't necissarily mean that your condition is getting worse. I have heard of several cases where people need to wear O2 at night b/c they're sats are low and they don't have any problems with their lungs. It's just that they breathe a lot more shallow or something to that effect.

I thought going on O2 was the end of the world when i began it in June and it's really not. Yeah, it's not fun, and yes, it can be a pain in the ass, and yes it takes some time getting used to, but i don't even notice it anymore.

Your body will definately let you know when it's time to look into O2. I went through a 2 week period of chronic fatigue. It was horrible and when i got assessed for with an overnight O2 test it showed i needed it. I even had to go to a sleep lab to rule out Sleep Apnea.

I hope this helps some!

 

[Breezy]

Also, I just want to say that in the event that you DO need to go on O2 at night, doesn't necissarily mean that your condition is getting worse. I have heard of several cases where people need to wear O2 at night b/c they're sats are low and they don't have any problems with their lungs. It's just that they breathe a lot more shallow or something to that effect.

I thought going on O2 was the end of the world when i began it in June and it's really not. Yeah, it's not fun, and yes, it can be a pain in the ass, and yes it takes some time getting used to, but i don't even notice it anymore.

Your body will definately let you know when it's time to look into O2. I went through a 2 week period of chronic fatigue. It was horrible and when i got assessed for with an overnight O2 test it showed i needed it. I even had to go to a sleep lab to rule out Sleep Apnea.

I hope this helps some!

 

[Breezy]

Also, I just want to say that in the event that you DO need to go on O2 at night, doesn't necissarily mean that your condition is getting worse. I have heard of several cases where people need to wear O2 at night b/c they're sats are low and they don't have any problems with their lungs. It's just that they breathe a lot more shallow or something to that effect.

I thought going on O2 was the end of the world when i began it in June and it's really not. Yeah, it's not fun, and yes, it can be a pain in the ass, and yes it takes some time getting used to, but i don't even notice it anymore.

Your body will definately let you know when it's time to look into O2. I went through a 2 week period of chronic fatigue. It was horrible and when i got assessed for with an overnight O2 test it showed i needed it. I even had to go to a sleep lab to rule out Sleep Apnea.

I hope this helps some!

 

[Breezy]

Also, I just want to say that in the event that you DO need to go on O2 at night, doesn't necissarily mean that your condition is getting worse. I have heard of several cases where people need to wear O2 at night b/c they're sats are low and they don't have any problems with their lungs. It's just that they breathe a lot more shallow or something to that effect.

I thought going on O2 was the end of the world when i began it in June and it's really not. Yeah, it's not fun, and yes, it can be a pain in the ass, and yes it takes some time getting used to, but i don't even notice it anymore.

Your body will definately let you know when it's time to look into O2. I went through a 2 week period of chronic fatigue. It was horrible and when i got assessed for with an overnight O2 test it showed i needed it. I even had to go to a sleep lab to rule out Sleep Apnea.

I hope this helps some!

 

[Breezy]

Also, I just want to say that in the event that you DO need to go on O2 at night, doesn't necissarily mean that your condition is getting worse. I have heard of several cases where people need to wear O2 at night b/c they're sats are low and they don't have any problems with their lungs. It's just that they breathe a lot more shallow or something to that effect.

I thought going on O2 was the end of the world when i began it in June and it's really not. Yeah, it's not fun, and yes, it can be a pain in the ass, and yes it takes some time getting used to, but i don't even notice it anymore.

Your body will definately let you know when it's time to look into O2. I went through a 2 week period of chronic fatigue. It was horrible and when i got assessed for with an overnight O2 test it showed i needed it. I even had to go to a sleep lab to rule out Sleep Apnea.

I hope this helps some!