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Does anyone else suffer from chronic intermittent hypoxia?
I have been dealing with this since Covid in March 2020. It happens pretty much every time upon exertion and quite often at rest as well. I recently flew from Detroit to San Diego and wore my wellue pulse ox ring and I was around 83-85% the entire flight (once we got up in the air). The chronic hypoxia has wreaked havoc on my body and my inflammatory markers are very elevated and my cbc is so abnormal that I had to have a bone marrow biopsy last year ti rule out blood cancer. My hematologist thinks it is reactive due to the hypoxia. No one knows exactly what is causing it or how to fix it. I am so frustrated. I want my life back.
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Hi Chinnk13..the cause of my chronic hypoxia is from my childhood history of chronic bronchitis..I was always at the hospital, on an outpatient basis for respiratory treatments, as I had bronchitis as a hobby..that seems to have scarred my lungs..I also have had polycythemia (secondary) for at least 13 years..and, along with that, I have hypercalcemia, too ! Have been on oxygen for the past 5 years, but on top of the hypoxia , I now have also developed hypercapnia, so I use the O2 sparingly..ir's alot AND complicated.