Co2 retention/rebreath

[Sang]

Help us here understand. How do you know you are having a problem with co2 rebreathing?

I checked co2 level using cpap in hospital, and the level is higher than normal.

What exactly is that level?

43mmHg. the doctor told me that the level is higher than normal(below 40)

He's wrong.

You're fine.

Have a good life.

Do you mean that the level is normal?
Although it's true, it maybe higher than level without cpap...or maybe im too sensitive in co2. That's why i can not tell that this isn't co2 problem.
(Or maybe it's not co2 problem though i have dizzy, fatigue that can be caused by co2. i want to know other variables, too.)
i also want to know other's co2 level who are using cpap, but it seems that checking co2 level is not normal..

[chunkyfrog]

I have noticed that it's been a while since our resident carbon dioxide obsessive has posted.
Is this a reincarnation? Hmmmm, I wonder . . .

[codinqueen]

Pale Rider, I took care of a COPD patient on O2 and the Home health Respiratory Therapist turned her O2 up 1 l/min because of the length of her hose- it went all through her apartment from the concentrator in her bedroom. He said it needed more liters because of the length of the hose. I wondered about it when he said that, but I am not a respiratory therapist so I didn't challenge him. Thanks for setting me straight. (I was a nurse until 1988 and did some private duty nursing back then.)

[palerider]

Pale Rider, I took care of a COPD patient on O2 and the Home health Respiratory Therapist turned her O2 up 1 l/min because of the length of her hose- it went all through her apartment from the concentrator in her bedroom. He said it needed more liters because of the length of the hose. I wondered about it when he said that, but I am not a respiratory therapist so I didn't challenge him. Thanks for setting me straight. (I was a nurse until 1988 and did some private duty nursing back then.)

if you think about it, unless there's holes in the hose, there's nowhere for the o2 to go, except out the end, and if the flowmeter says you've got 2lpm flowing.... then it's going somewhere, right?

now, I can certainly see having to turn the knob further.... to get the required flow, but the little bouncing ball is measuring what's actually going through the hose... very nice design, that

[Sludge]

Do you mean that the level is normal?
Although it's true, it maybe higher than level without cpap...or maybe im too sensitive in co2. That's why i can not tell that this isn't co2 problem.
(Or maybe it's not co2 problem though i have dizzy, fatigue that can be caused by co2. i want to know other variables, too.)
i also want to know other's co2 level who are using cpap, but it seems that checking co2 level is not normal..

You're starting to babble.

Have you checked your CO level?