Interesting Article OSA and Red Blood Cell Count

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Bill44133
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Interesting Article OSA and Red Blood Cell Count

Post by Bill44133 » Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:54 pm

Thought this was worth sharing with everyone:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-oj ... 52704.html

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Re: Interesting Article OSA and Red Blood Cell Count

Post by HoseCrusher » Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:03 pm

The one thing missing from the report is if the person felt better after normalizing his blood levels...

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Re: Interesting Article OSA and Red Blood Cell Count

Post by Bill44133 » Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:05 pm

HoseCrusher wrote:The one thing missing from the report is if the person felt better after normalizing his blood levels...
My guess is after they gave him a better mask and optimized his settings he probably did feel better.

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