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Posted 1/20/2016 1:04 AM (GMT 0)
Anyone go to the doctor and they put that clip on your finger and it is low? He thought it was the machine so he went and put another one on me and yep, low again.

I always suspect lyme for everything. I know it loves a low oxygen level.

Anyone have this?
Posted 1/20/2016 1:38 AM (GMT 0)
I know Babesia can cause low oxygen levels, but I don't know if it shows up on those monitors. But we know it's either Lyme or Babs! Mine used to go up and down all the time. Of course, when they are low, so was my energy.
Posted 1/20/2016 3:42 AM (GMT 0)
I had to be there at 8am and I knew either lyme or "early" was the reason. And no coffee....

Thanks Traveler! I think I will check it out on another day and see if it is still low.
Posted 1/20/2016 4:35 AM (GMT 0)
I always feel like I'm not getting enough oxygen to my brain. I told this to my LLMD and he had me get a veinous blood test. I guess it tests the gases in our blood?

Will find out the results tomorrow.
Posted 1/20/2016 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
Yes my oxygen has been low for the past several years in spite of everything I try. It is always border line around 90-93%, blow 90 is when it becomes a problem. I think Lyme has messed up my brain to the point that I don't breath right. You can by a meter at the drug store for pretty cheap and I noticed that when I am sitting and not moving that my levels drop the most. it's weird I don't feel like I need to breath even though my levels are dropping. It's like the part of my brain that detects O2 levels isn't functioning right. When I get up and move around or exercise my levels actually go up even though I am using more oxygen becuase my breathing increases. If you find something that works please post it here.
Posted 1/20/2016 4:08 PM (GMT 0)
I wonder if low oxygen levels relate to brain fog. I wish I had of checked my oxygen levels when I was super brain foggy.
Posted 1/21/2016 5:45 AM (GMT 0)
I have a finger oxygen reader that I picked up at walgreens. It always says my oxygen reading is normal, even at my worst brain fog moments. I'm curious what the venous gas test will show.

I was wondering if maybe babesia could cause low oxygen levels, because it impacts red blood cells. Just speculating here.
Posted 1/21/2016 11:48 AM (GMT 0)
"Trophozoite and merozoite growth ruptures the host erythrocyte, leading to the release of vermicules, the infectious parasitic bodies, which rapidly spread the protozoa throughout the blood."
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babesia

Erythrocyte are red blood cells and their main purpose is to carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. If you have loads of erythrocyte that are dying then you will experience similar symptoms to low oxygen (air hunger, rapid heart beat, dizziness, etc). Also dead erythrocytes are recycled in the spleen, so that organ is under a lot of stress. If you don't have a spleen, then babesiosis can be deadly.

Alternatively you might want to do some heart tests, EKG, Echocardiogram, to see your valves are fine and pumping blood as needed. Bartonella infection can cause heart valve damage, which is visible on Echocardiography and can have all sorts of issues involving circulation problems. If your heart turns out fine, then maybe your dr wants to add antimalarial meds to kill babesia. Babesia testing is very unreliable, less reliable than lyme testing.
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