Nighttime pulse oxygen

[Tiggywoos]

hey amazing people

This is bit out there but I know someone in the forum normally comes up trumps 🙂.

Last week I had an overnight watch from hospital to rule out sleep apnea . Results in about a month

Over the last few months I have been wearing my own vivosmart watch . My pulse ox levels at night drop to 80% sometimes for about 30 minutes . Then they go back up to about 92% then drop again .

IF the hospital rule out sleep apnea does anyone have any ideas why this could be happening ?

Lung function test normal , no asthma or breathing difficulties .

thank you 🙏 so much for reading . I might be wrong but surely this has got to be related to the relentless headache 🤕

take care all xxxx

ps : always a chance watch could be inaccurate

[PMRpro]

All sorts of things can lead to low nocturnal sats

my.clevelandclinic.org/heal...

[Tiggywoos in reply to PMRpro]

Blimey thank you . More complex than I thought !

[PMRpro in reply to Tiggywoos]

Always is!!!!!!

[cakerbaker]

HI Tiggywoods. I have the same problem but sometimes mi e happens during the day too. Also have banging headaches sometimes but all tests negative. I haven't gotten any answers so if they find anything I would be interested to know. It's a weird one isn't it.

Good luck and I hooe you find answers x

[Tiggywoos in reply to cakerbaker]

Thank you for replying 😊. Did you have the overnight watch from hospital to look for sleep apnea ? It is very odd and depressing ! Take care and I will post any results xx

[Cherwin in reply to Tiggywoos]

Please do post your results, hope you find answers. I am concerned about my husband and thinking of buying an oxygen monitor. X

[Tiggywoos in reply to Cherwin]

That’s interesting about your husband as mine definitely has episodes where he doesn’t breath properly at night and he is always shattered . Trouble is he didn’t sleep very well when he wore the hospital watch and it was only for 1 night so they werent interested . He has large neck . I would definitely do your own research for your husband as some of the oximetres you can buy are really good xx

[Cherwin in reply to Tiggywoos]

I was looking at the Vivosmart would you recommend it? Maybe after you’ve had your results from the hospital you may have a better idea.xx

[Tiggywoos in reply to Cherwin]

Well it’s defo accurate for some things like heart rate and steps . To be honest i couldn’t guarantee the accuracy of the pulse oxy . xx

[Tiggywoos in reply to Cherwin]

Hospital contacted me today they didn’t get sufficient data so got to do it again x

[Cherwin in reply to Tiggywoos]

Sorry you have to do it again, that’s frustrating but hopefully you’ll have answers soon.xx

[Puckster01]

Hi, interested to see your post as I’ve been suffering with headaches & migraines most mornings and am suspecting sleep apnea. Have just been looking at smart watches to see if I can monitor my sleep, heart rate & oxygen. Am I allowed to ask you which one you use?

[Puckster01 in reply to Puckster01]

Oh, I’ve just read again and I see you’ve said it’s a vivosmart! Sorry!

[Tiggywoos in reply to Puckster01]

Ah don’t apologise 🙂. I’m not sure how accurate it is that’s the trouble . Saying that the heart rate is accurate as I used it on my mum . I’m so sorry you get them most mornings it’s a dreadful start to the day . I wake up feeling more tired than when I went to bed . Thank you for replying .

I will post the results from hospital watch as soon as I get them x

[LDloveslattecoffe]

I have asthma and PCOS and migraine - when hit perimenopause system went haywire and I have sleep apnoea with hypoventilation syndrome which is not fun.

Even with the Cpap machine I wake up with headaches in the morning

[Tiggywoos in reply to LDloveslattecoffe]

I’m so sorry to hear that. I had read that cpap can bring with it its own problems 😟. Thank you for replying I do appreciate it . I’d not heard of hypovent syndrome so I will google .