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What Should Be The Lowest Oxygen Level While Asleep And While Awake?

My family has a history of respiratory issues, we live at 4600 ft in Utah, she just returned from a trip to Shadow mountain which is at even higher elevation and her allergies (so we think) flared. One day after coming home she is breathing hard, chest hurts and her oxygen while sleeping is currently bouncing between 89=90 using oxyometer on her fore finger (on her middle finger is was 85-88), our insurance is horrible, our deductible is $8000 out of pocket before any help kicks in so if you think that what I am doing, which is, gave her benedryl, flonase nasal spray, and using provental inhaler while monitoring her oxygen is good hoping it clears up now she is back home, if so, what is the lowest while asleep her oxygen should be and while awake? Thank you for your response Sandy Dawson
Mon, 6 Jul 2015
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thanks for asking your question
i completely understand your problem
first thing is normal value as per pulse oximeter id 98% and there is no difference in saturation of oxygen in state of sleep of awake in a normal person.and minimum normal value should be greater than88% ,so during awake or sleep oxygen saturation in pulse oximeter should be more than 88% to 92 % to perfectly oxygenate all the working organs of the body.
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may god bless your family with good health
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What Should Be The Lowest Oxygen Level While Asleep And While Awake?

thanks for asking your question i completely understand your problem first thing is normal value as per pulse oximeter id 98% and there is no difference in saturation of oxygen in state of sleep of awake in a normal person.and minimum normal value should be greater than88% ,so during awake or sleep oxygen saturation in pulse oximeter should be more than 88% to 92 % to perfectly oxygenate all the working organs of the body. thanks/regards feel free to ask more questions may god bless your family with good health