Should I worry?

[-Butterfly-]

My SATS were 88%, should I worry or is that normal when you're having symptoms? It went up to 90% and then 96% after ventolin.

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador]

If you’re ‘just’ asthmatic you need to seek help. For asthma your range should be 94-98%. Below 92 is dangerous

[-Butterfly- in reply to EmmaF91]

It went up after my inhaler, dropped a bit to 93% during the night when I woke up but is 96% now. I'll keep an eye on it.

[EmmaF91 Community Ambassador in reply to -Butterfly-]

Ok. Home sat probes aren’t the most reliable anyway, but definitely worth mentioning to GP ASAP especially if it keeps happening. Even if it does resolve after vent, cause with asthma sats typically don’t jump about unless you’re a) really bad, b) picked up a breathing dysfunction or c) are a child/your body hasn’t learnt how to compensate yet. (And if you’re not compensating you need to see someone more urgently anyway cause it’s a sign of a bad attack). If vent is helping then it’s probs not b...

[-Butterfly- in reply to EmmaF91]

Yeah, tbh it's on my phone so prob not very accurate but it does seem to go down in line with my symptoms so I'm thinking the trend may be more relevant.