1. What is it?
Happy hypoxia or silent hypoxemia, a condition when a person’s oxygen levels are so low that they should be fainting or experiencing organ damage, but instead, they are seemingly well, until eventually, they collapse.
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The blood oxygen saturation level of a normal person is around 95% or more. However, in conditions that affect the lungs like pneumonia, the blood saturation levels drop below 94%. This condition is called hypoxemia....
Latest review @BioMedCentral reported disconnect b/n the severity of hypoxemia & relatively mild respiratory discomfort reported by the COVID-19 pts contrasts w/the experience of physicians usually treating critically ill patients.
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Pulse oximeter helps in detecting hypoxia. This device may indicate issues with blood oxygen levels which could be related to COVID as COVID-19 is not the only disease that causes low blood oxygen levels. Read in detail:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/hea…