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Question Title: low oxygen

Forum: Neurology Forum
Topic: Sleep


I am using 3 liters of oxygen round the clock and my saturation level is
90 to 95% -- can this be caused by Sleep Apnea?? I have also recently
been diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.


Dear Cindyl:

It is very difficult to give you a specific answer about the cause of
this. Sleep apnea tends to cause symptoms when you are asleep. If your
saturation is that low during awake periods then I would suspect a problem
with your lungs rather than with sleep apnea.

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