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@gabrielm

Hi @bsi15. You know, that's an interesting one. If I follow what you're asking, I think your O2 saturation levels can be a good data point to help you determine if you have a breathing issue. Low O2 can mean many things so it's good to get checked out when oxygen measured by a pulse oximeter is lower than what it should be. In my case, when my air hunger first started, my O2 saturation was always at 100% which was not normal for me. My normal range was 93-95%. The high value indicated to me that I was possibly hyperventilating over time, expelling CO2 and causing O2 to climb. When I did breathing exercises to regulate my breathing, my O2 levels dropped to normal. So it's definitely something to think about how it can tell you something about your health.

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so -I speculate- the air hunger is not due to some lack of oxygen
but rather some defect in the mechanism how you "detect" the necessity
of more air.
As with food hunger in some obese people.
You could also experiment a bit with an oxygen concentrator