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The watch will check your heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and
the watch also checks the oxygen level in your blood.
Oximeter Help Detect COVID-19 at Home?
Aug. 12, 2020 -Author: Katie McCallum
If you have a lung or heart condition, you may use an oximeter to periodically at home or in the hospital monitor your condition at home.
A pulse oximeter measure a person’s blood oxygen levels.
When you breathe, oxygen enters your lungs, passes through thin membranes and enters your blood stream. It is then picked up by red blood cells and carried around the body. various organs.
A pulse oximeter uses infrared light refraction to measure how well oxygen is binding to your red blood cells.
Oximeters report blood oxygen levels via an oxygen saturation measurement called peripheral capillary oxygen saturation, or SpO2.
Coronavirus causes COVID-19 to enter the body through the respiratory system. This can cause direct injury to a person’s lungs by inflammation and pneumonia which can negatively impact how well oxygen is transferred into the bloodstream.
A person with COVID-19 can have very low oxygen levels but otherwise appear well, termed “happy hypoxia.” It’s concerning because these patients may be more significantly ill than they feel, certainly warranting closer attention in a medical setting.
Not everyone who tests positive for COVID-19 will develop low oxygen levels. Some people may have a very uncomfortable bout with fever, muscle aches and GI upset at home, but never demonstrate low oxygen levels.
Dr. Connolly: If a person has a mild case of COVID-19 and is self-treating at home, an oximeter can be a helpful tool for checking oxygen levels so that low oxygen levels can be caught early. In general, the people who are theoretically more at risk for oxygen issues are those with pre-existing lung disease, heart disease and/or obesity, as well as active smokers.
In addition, since “happy hypoxia” can be present in people who might otherwise be regarded as asymptomatic, a pulse oximeter can help ensure that this clinically silent early warning sign is not missed.
If you have tested positive for COVID-19 and are concerned about any developing symptoms, check immediately with your health care provider. From a lung health standpoint, aside from the objective pulse oximeter measurements, I suggest to my patients that if they’re having any labored breathing, severe chest pain, uncontrollable coughing or dusky lips or fingers, it’s time to go to the ER.
Q: For a person with COVID-19, when do oximeter measurements become concerning?
Dr. Connolly:
Know your baseline SpO2,
A person with COVID-19 monitoring his or her clinical status at home will want to ensure that the SpO2 reading stays consistently at or above 90 to 92%. If the number consistently drops below this threshold, timely medical evaluation is warranted.
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