Re: oxygen levels

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>

> In doing the other tests, where I do activity and my oxygen levels are

> measured, my oxygen levels decrease when I'm active, and I can feel the

> difference.

>

> I had a muscle enzyme test to determine if the muscles were not getting

enough

> oxygen and that is also negative. Now my doctor is suspecting that the

problem

> may be on the cellular level and that my cells are not getting enough

oxygen.

> I go for tests on this area on Thursday. Has anyone experienced anything

like

> this? Any suggetions, etc? Any scleroderma patients also experience

this?

Roni,

Alternative physicians will tell you hypoxia (deficiency of oxygen) is

commonly found in people with disease. The following is from a phone

conversation I had with a friend involved in cutting edge research with a

group of physicians:

" Chronic, long-standing hypoxia will led to a life terminating disease

process, and the difference between whether it is cancer, heart disease,

diabetes or some other immunological disease simply is based on the inborn

genetics of the individual and their inborn heirs. "

I'm told of the University of Texas Medical School, Austin,

TX first did this research which has been duplicated by researchers around

the world.

When a patient goes to any of these physicians for treatment they look for

the following - in this order, and again, I'm quoting my friend.

1. Oxygen deficiency . (The organisms we are dealing with survive because

of low oxygen levels.)

2. Toxic load - which results because of the hypoxia. " It can be the result

of dehydration. Of course it can be the result of a work environment,

sick-building syndrome and pharmaceutical drugs. It can be endotoxic, which

is the by-product of metabolism. It can be bacterial endotoxic.

Those that come from outside of the body: drugs, prescriptions, OTC's,

recreational marijuana, chemicals, agricultural, food additives, household

pollutants, contaminates and microbial. The toxic load interferes with the

body's utilization of nutrients, and will shift the pH to an acid condition.

The consequences can be catastrophic - there again based on your genetic

factors and inborn traits. "

3. Pathogenic load - disease, infections, bacterial, viral, parasitic and

microbial - poisoning the cells and interrupting respiratory mechanisms.

4. Stress factor - Stress will also shift the pH to this acidotic

condition. (Stress seems to be a big precipitator of disease.)

5. Diet - a poor diet results in a poorly functioning immune system. It

shifts the body to this acidotic condition. (Processed foods will also

shift the body's pH to an acidotic condition.)

6. Electronic smog. " The electricity in our modern homes and our

environment and work places is 110 AC, 60 cycles or 60 hertz, which means 60

cycles per second. We learned this in high school. When you have an

alternating current, it sets up a magnetic field. When you have a stronger

magnetic field and a weaker one in the vicinity, the weaker one will be

brought in and overcome by the stronger one. Our body has its own magnetic

field. However, it is no where near the potential of the 60 cycle field.

The 60 cycle field is 16 times more powerful than our body's own magnetic

field, and does great damage to our system. "

" About 5 or 6 years ago, the Japanese, very quietly, completely changed all

their residential living spaces to direct current to eliminate this

electronic smog in Japan. Canada has 50 cycles, which is very damaging, but

of all the damaging frequencies, 60 cycles is the most damaging. "

Dr. Mercola has often written about removing all electronic devices -

clocks, radios, etc. from bedrooms. Use devices such as TENS units for

short periods of time only. Heated blankets and mattress pads should be

used to heat the bed before you get into it, then turned off. Water beds are

another no-no.

7. Magnetic field deficiency - " Our earth's magnetic field 4,000 years ago

had a negative magnetic field of 4.0 gauss. The whole surface of the earth,

no matter where you are, has a negative magnetic field, and it varies from

different parts of the world - some a little stronger. Today, however, that

magnetic field is one-tenth of what it was 4,000 years ago. It's now 0.4

gauss.

When you get into your car, for example, we lose approximately half of that

0.4 gauss. You get out on that concrete street in front of your house and

you may have no magnetic field at all. . You come back into your driveway

and get out of your car and go into your house on a concrete slab - you

might get 0.2 gauss. "

Dr. Lee Cowden, M.D., one of the leading alternative physicians in the

world, treats patients who have failed all other therapies - if you can

afford it. He has his patients stand barefoot on the ground daily.

These then are the 7 factors my friend advises that lead to an acidotic

condition.

Ethel

[Guest guest]

Ethel, the research on oxygen deprivation was very interesting. How long does

this physician have his patients stand barefoot on the ground per day? I can

only imagine how many of us will consider doing this.

[Guest guest]

Fain wrote:

How long does this physician have his patients stand barefoot on the ground

per day?

Sorry, I can't find my notes on this, but when I first learned about it back

in Texas, I made it a practice to do it as long as the weather wasn't too cold.

I'll try to get more info for you.

Ethel

[Guest guest]

>On 27 Jan 2003 at 15:43, Mark & Lynn Meshke wrote:

>

>> Sorry, but I forgot one more question. My son was significantly

>> premature and I remember in the NICU they told us that prolonged

>> exposure to oxygen (I cannot remember if they specified pressurized

>> oxygen or not) has been linked to long-term vision problems.

>

>Dear Lynn

>Ed has already given you the background this matter which is one of the

>saddest stories

>in the history of medicine. It has meant that clinicians are afraid to use

>high levels of

>oxygen, leaving many children brain damaged. Following WW2 infants were

>routinely

>nursed in incubators at 70-80% oxygen. By the early 50's it was recognised

>that there

>was an epidemic of blindness and oxygen levels were reduced to 40%.

>However the

>mechanism was assumed to be due to a toxic effect of oxygen, whereas it

>was actually

>due to the sudden withdrawal. High levels are perfectly safe provided they

>are reduced

>slowly - this may mean days when high levels have been used for weeks.

>Even today

>clinicians think nothing of removing an infant from 40% into air (21%)

>which is halving

>the concentration of the most reactive substance in biology - hence the

>retinopathy still

>occurs.

>However this does not apply to very high dosages (HBOT/HDOT) used for a

>short time.

>Hutchison and Kerr used 4 ata oxygen to resuscitate newborn infants in the

>1960s and

>there were no problems with the eyes.

>Best wishes

>Philip

>

>Dr P B

>Wolfson Hyperbaric Medicine Unit

>University of Dundee

>

>Hutchison JH, Kerr MM, KG, Hopkinson WI.

>Hyperbaric oxygen in the resuscitation of the newborn.

>Lancet 1963;2;1020-1022.

This paper can be downloaded from

HDO-documentation/files/HBOT.resuscitation.newborn

..PDF

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I have to make the statement that every system is different, follow

what your Dr says.

Having said that, and I do not want to scare you, the last two times

I was admitted to the Hospital (From the ER room) those were my

readings, but I had influenza and pneumonia. I think my Dr said 95

and better is OK (but he also said my oxygen levels were " weird!), I

can not remember exactly what he said, sorry. The good news is you

are being monitored. Were it I, I would be watching myself carefully,

but if you are feeling good...... I hope everything goes well for you.

Ron

On Nov 19, 2006, at 11:54 AM, wrote:

> This question isn't Xolair related but it is asthma related. For the

> past few days my dr has me monitoring my peak flows and O2 levels at

> home and sending it into him electronically through the phone line. My

> O2 levels have been between 85 and 91. Are those levels a concern? I

> am actually feeling really good right now and would hate to see where

> I am when I am not feeling great or when I am turning blue...

>

>

>

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As I understand it, your levels should be at least 90 but I am not a

professional by any means. Are you having symptoms? How do you send your

levels thru the phone lines? Is it a pulse ox? Leigh

<pirates_ej@...> wrote: This question isn't Xolair related

but it is asthma related. For the

past few days my dr has me monitoring my peak flows and O2 levels at

home and sending it into him electronically through the phone line. My

O2 levels have been between 85 and 91. Are those levels a concern? I

am actually feeling really good right now and would hate to see where

I am when I am not feeling great or when I am turning blue...

[Guest guest]

I never stop having symptoms. I've been told it's severe steriod dependent

brittle asthma. My peak flows are running about 150 but I don't feel way bad.

There are times (frequently) where I totally can't breathe and turn blue. Or at

least once daily I have attacks where I can't get a complete sentence out. If I

nebulize a few times I can usually reverse it.

It is a pulse ox and electronic peak flow that is plugged into my phone line

and transmits via modem. My insurance won't cover it but my dr really wants me

on it so the home healthcare company is letting me use it for two weeks no

charge. Hopefully it will give my dr some answers.

Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton@...> wrote:

As I understand it, your levels should be at least 90 but I am not a

professional by any means. Are you having symptoms? How do you send your levels

thru the phone lines? Is it a pulse ox? Leigh

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EMILY--DID YOUR PEAK FLOWS GO UP AFTER XOLAIR? I AM SO GLAD YOU CAN HAVE THE

PULSE OX FOR AWHILE. THANK GOODNESS THERE IS SUCH A MACHINE. LEIGH

<pirates_ej@...> wrote: I never

stop having symptoms. I've been told it's severe steriod dependent brittle

asthma. My peak flows are running about 150 but I don't feel way bad. There are

times (frequently) where I totally can't breathe and turn blue. Or at least once

daily I have attacks where I can't get a complete sentence out. If I nebulize a

few times I can usually reverse it.

It is a pulse ox and electronic peak flow that is plugged into my phone line

and transmits via modem. My insurance won't cover it but my dr really wants me

on it so the home healthcare company is letting me use it for two weeks no

charge. Hopefully it will give my dr some answers.

Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton@...> wrote:

As I understand it, your levels should be at least 90 but I am not a

professional by any means. Are you having symptoms? How do you send your levels

thru the phone lines? Is it a pulse ox? Leigh

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Hi !

I'm sorry that I'm responding to this a bit late, but the last few days have

been a bit crazy.

Everyone is so different, from their allergy triggers, to their IgE levels,

and even their oxygen levels. Each person is different, and each asthma

FLARE is different.

In my past, I've had asthma flares that have left me positively gasping and

feeling like I can't move air, and my oxygen level has never gone below 97.

However, I've had other days where I feel almost perfectly fine and I've

gone to the hospital for dizziness and they almost intubated me because my

oxygen was in the mid 80's.

I'm no expert, but for MYSELF the oxygen levels you're indicating would be

considered low. On my asthma plan, I'm supposed to call the doctor if my

oxygen level falls below 92, and go to the hospital or call 911 if it falls

below 88. (I have a very small pulse oxymeter that fits into my purse or

jeans pocket.) I have small bottles of oxygen at home, and I'm supposed to

use the oxygen under different circumstances for different reasons.

The important thing is that your doctor is monitoring your levels. He or

she will take the information and formulate your own plan. You'll know

whether or not you need oxygen all the time, or if you only need it once in

a while, under what circumstances to use it, and for what length of time.

If your doctor doesn't formulate the plan in a time frame you are

comfortable with, please speak up and ask them to do so. Anxiety and stress

can trigger some asthma attacks, so don't waste time worrying, be pro-active

and ask the doctor when to use oxygen, when to seek emergency care, etc.

It's very useful information to know your baseline peak flow and oxygen

information. That way you can better understand your flares, (I can even

tell when some of mine are coming!) as well as see improvement as Xolair

starts to work more for you.

Good rules of thumb when it comes to oxygen though... whether high or low...

Seek medical attention immediately if you notice any of the following...

dizziness, pins and needle sensations in hands, neck, or head, feeling

lightheaded upon mild exhertion, and seeing any spots or gray areas in your

field of vision.

Even if these symptoms come and go, or seem to pass, get checked out! I had

ALL of those symptoms in times of low oxygen flares, and during the times I

went into respiratory arrest!!! I also felt light headed and saw spots when

I was a teen and almost hyperventillated after a cross-country meet!

Don't panic for now, just keep doing as your doctor instructed. They wouldn

t have sent you home to be monitored if they felt you were in any immediate

danger, they would have monitored you in the hospital. However, if

something feels wrong, go with your instincts. Better to be safe and feel

silly than feel silly and be sorry!

Best of luck,

~

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Date: 11/19/06 13:15:01

Subject: [ ] oxygen levels

This question isn't Xolair related but it is asthma related. For the

past few days my dr has me monitoring my peak flows and O2 levels at

home and sending it into him electronically through the phone line. My

O2 levels have been between 85 and 91. Are those levels a concern? I

am actually feeling really good right now and would hate to see where

I am when I am not feeling great or when I am turning blue...