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by studio500
Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:49 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer
Replies: 21
Views: 5135

Re: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer

Studio I was feeling awful every morning and had the same brain fog you talk about. I was so tired during the day that I was afraid of losing my job. I told my doctor about it and told him I thought I had sleep apnea. He dismissed it and told me to get more sleep. I went around him and went to a sl...
by studio500
Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer
Replies: 21
Views: 5135

Re: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer

I have to respectfully disagree with Hose crusher. I think you do have a case for a sleep study. AFAIK the official definition of an apnea is 4% desaturation. And I see plenty of those. They do not go below 88% but they are still desaturations. And with heart damage there may be cheyne stokes respi...
by studio500
Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer
Replies: 21
Views: 5135

Re: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer

Not everyone with OSA will experience significant Oxygen level drops. While most will, not everyone will. If 95% of the people with OSA had desats, that still leaves the 5% that don't. (I don't know the exact breakdown, numbers chosen for explanation purpose) Not everyone that snores has OSA. There...
by studio500
Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:35 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer
Replies: 21
Views: 5135

Re: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer

OK, next you need to look at variations in heart rate while those desaturations are going on. If you look at the data from about 7:57:30, you see the heart rate increase at the same time as the saturation goes up. Then there is a small desaturation and the heart rate drops down. At 7:58 you seen an...
by studio500
Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:05 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer
Replies: 21
Views: 5135

Re: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer

If it turns out to be just a result of snoring I was going to buy a chin strap and see how it goes. The sad thing is I've recently got married and I think my new wife is wishing that she hadn't Oh and I forgot to add that very often I will wake at night saturated in sweat (Nice I Know), my T shirt w...
by studio500
Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer
Replies: 21
Views: 5135

Re: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer

Thank you so much for your reply, it really is appreciated very much. I was perhaps being over concerned as my pulse would drop to 37 a few times but I will do a few more tests in the next few days. I have posted a few of the 10 min prints below which seems to show the saw pattern you describe. At l...
by studio500
Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:09 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer
Replies: 21
Views: 5135

Oximeter Results Help? Newbie Train Snorer

Hello Everyone I'm new here and looking for some help and advice. I have tried searching for a few hours so apologies if posted wrongly. I'm a 45 year old Male, sadly a smoker and a pensioned policeman due to health grounds. I snore like a steam train and have done since childhood. I was pensioned f...