Possible desatting during exercise

[etabetac]

I am pretty sure this is not asthma related because I have been able to feel this in the past. I pre-treat for exercise and I also take asthma medicine within 20-30 of starting walk to work so that's really close to pretreating as I would do for exercise. I take advair, singulair, flovent (220 mcg in addition to 500/50 advair b/c my asthma is pretty severe and we need to avoid prednisone), albuterol (nebbed). In thinking about it, I get shakiness too but unlike the side effects from asthma meds.

They have never asked about how I feel during exercise because I am very open about asthma and its flare up during exercise (which has always been the problem and which only tends to happen when I run or do really hard aerobic exercise) and I have not been since this started happening. The only things related to sats they normally do is look at my hands and feet. I have no observed clubbing and in the check-in sats are always high with the exception of really bad asthma attacks (and even then they are sometimes still pretty good). I will try to get seen sometime soon as soon as I can set aside the amount of time I need (plus I probably can't get in for another month to six weeks since clinic days are always booked weeks ahead of time).

Thanks for your help!

 

[etabetac]

I am pretty sure this is not asthma related because I have been able to feel this in the past. I pre-treat for exercise and I also take asthma medicine within 20-30 of starting walk to work so that's really close to pretreating as I would do for exercise. I take advair, singulair, flovent (220 mcg in addition to 500/50 advair b/c my asthma is pretty severe and we need to avoid prednisone), albuterol (nebbed). In thinking about it, I get shakiness too but unlike the side effects from asthma meds.

They have never asked about how I feel during exercise because I am very open about asthma and its flare up during exercise (which has always been the problem and which only tends to happen when I run or do really hard aerobic exercise) and I have not been since this started happening. The only things related to sats they normally do is look at my hands and feet. I have no observed clubbing and in the check-in sats are always high with the exception of really bad asthma attacks (and even then they are sometimes still pretty good). I will try to get seen sometime soon as soon as I can set aside the amount of time I need (plus I probably can't get in for another month to six weeks since clinic days are always booked weeks ahead of time).

Thanks for your help!

 

[etabetac]

I am pretty sure this is not asthma related because I have been able to feel this in the past. I pre-treat for exercise and I also take asthma medicine within 20-30 of starting walk to work so that's really close to pretreating as I would do for exercise. I take advair, singulair, flovent (220 mcg in addition to 500/50 advair b/c my asthma is pretty severe and we need to avoid prednisone), albuterol (nebbed). In thinking about it, I get shakiness too but unlike the side effects from asthma meds.

They have never asked about how I feel during exercise because I am very open about asthma and its flare up during exercise (which has always been the problem and which only tends to happen when I run or do really hard aerobic exercise) and I have not been since this started happening. The only things related to sats they normally do is look at my hands and feet. I have no observed clubbing and in the check-in sats are always high with the exception of really bad asthma attacks (and even then they are sometimes still pretty good). I will try to get seen sometime soon as soon as I can set aside the amount of time I need (plus I probably can't get in for another month to six weeks since clinic days are always booked weeks ahead of time).

Thanks for your help!

 

[etabetac]

I am pretty sure this is not asthma related because I have been able to feel this in the past. I pre-treat for exercise and I also take asthma medicine within 20-30 of starting walk to work so that's really close to pretreating as I would do for exercise. I take advair, singulair, flovent (220 mcg in addition to 500/50 advair b/c my asthma is pretty severe and we need to avoid prednisone), albuterol (nebbed). In thinking about it, I get shakiness too but unlike the side effects from asthma meds.

They have never asked about how I feel during exercise because I am very open about asthma and its flare up during exercise (which has always been the problem and which only tends to happen when I run or do really hard aerobic exercise) and I have not been since this started happening. The only things related to sats they normally do is look at my hands and feet. I have no observed clubbing and in the check-in sats are always high with the exception of really bad asthma attacks (and even then they are sometimes still pretty good). I will try to get seen sometime soon as soon as I can set aside the amount of time I need (plus I probably can't get in for another month to six weeks since clinic days are always booked weeks ahead of time).

Thanks for your help!

 

[etabetac]

I am pretty sure this is not asthma related because I have been able to feel this in the past. I pre-treat for exercise and I also take asthma medicine within 20-30 of starting walk to work so that's really close to pretreating as I would do for exercise. I take advair, singulair, flovent (220 mcg in addition to 500/50 advair b/c my asthma is pretty severe and we need to avoid prednisone), albuterol (nebbed). In thinking about it, I get shakiness too but unlike the side effects from asthma meds.

They have never asked about how I feel during exercise because I am very open about asthma and its flare up during exercise (which has always been the problem and which only tends to happen when I run or do really hard aerobic exercise) and I have not been since this started happening. The only things related to sats they normally do is look at my hands and feet. I have no observed clubbing and in the check-in sats are always high with the exception of really bad asthma attacks (and even then they are sometimes still pretty good). I will try to get seen sometime soon as soon as I can set aside the amount of time I need (plus I probably can't get in for another month to six weeks since clinic days are always booked weeks ahead of time).

Thanks for your help!

 

[etabetac]

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.

 

[etabetac]

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.

 

[etabetac]

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.

 

[etabetac]

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.

 

[etabetac]

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>etabetac</b></i>

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.</end quote></div>

First of all if the machine is portable that it will always going a read bit lower. Secondly remember that its not "exact" and should be used as a tool to monitor only. Its quite freaky to see your numbers drop.

Did you address allergies at all?

Another thought which affects me GREATLY is muscle issues. On a bad day things as simple as sitting for too long or the wrong way causes my back muscles to go into spasm or to just "get tired" & that influences my airways & 02 sat immeditely.

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>etabetac</b></i>

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.</end quote></div>

First of all if the machine is portable that it will always going a read bit lower. Secondly remember that its not "exact" and should be used as a tool to monitor only. Its quite freaky to see your numbers drop.

Did you address allergies at all?

Another thought which affects me GREATLY is muscle issues. On a bad day things as simple as sitting for too long or the wrong way causes my back muscles to go into spasm or to just "get tired" & that influences my airways & 02 sat immeditely.

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>etabetac</b></i>

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.</end quote></div>

First of all if the machine is portable that it will always going a read bit lower. Secondly remember that its not "exact" and should be used as a tool to monitor only. Its quite freaky to see your numbers drop.

Did you address allergies at all?

Another thought which affects me GREATLY is muscle issues. On a bad day things as simple as sitting for too long or the wrong way causes my back muscles to go into spasm or to just "get tired" & that influences my airways & 02 sat immeditely.

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>etabetac</b></i>

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.</end quote>

First of all if the machine is portable that it will always going a read bit lower. Secondly remember that its not "exact" and should be used as a tool to monitor only. Its quite freaky to see your numbers drop.

Did you address allergies at all?

Another thought which affects me GREATLY is muscle issues. On a bad day things as simple as sitting for too long or the wrong way causes my back muscles to go into spasm or to just "get tired" & that influences my airways & 02 sat immeditely.

 

[JazzysMom]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>etabetac</b></i>

So I bit the bullet and purchased my own oximeter. While I haven't done any exercise with it on (partially out of fear) I have tried it just to get a baseline measurement. Anytime I am sitting absolutely totally still and my hr is under 100 (which is really hard to get actually) my sat is in the 98 - 96 range. As soon as I move it starts to drop. I am not currently having any asthma problems. I doubt I'm having a flare-up of anything else. Can anyone suggest a range when someone should tell a dr about it? I'm now out of shape since I have felt too tired to do the walk from the parking lot to the office/school so it's hard no matter what.</end quote>

First of all if the machine is portable that it will always going a read bit lower. Secondly remember that its not "exact" and should be used as a tool to monitor only. Its quite freaky to see your numbers drop.

Did you address allergies at all?

Another thought which affects me GREATLY is muscle issues. On a bad day things as simple as sitting for too long or the wrong way causes my back muscles to go into spasm or to just "get tired" & that influences my airways & 02 sat immeditely.

 

[etabetac]

Thanks. It is a portable one and my sats are all over the place. I've had as low as 85 but typically around 88-90 when I am just moving normally (walking to and from bathroom or living room). Allergies and asthma have been addressed at least in the short term and I have been relatively symptom free which is the whole reason I decided to see what sats looked like. Maybe I just need to build up exercise tolerance.

 

[etabetac]

Thanks. It is a portable one and my sats are all over the place. I've had as low as 85 but typically around 88-90 when I am just moving normally (walking to and from bathroom or living room). Allergies and asthma have been addressed at least in the short term and I have been relatively symptom free which is the whole reason I decided to see what sats looked like. Maybe I just need to build up exercise tolerance.

 

[etabetac]

Thanks. It is a portable one and my sats are all over the place. I've had as low as 85 but typically around 88-90 when I am just moving normally (walking to and from bathroom or living room). Allergies and asthma have been addressed at least in the short term and I have been relatively symptom free which is the whole reason I decided to see what sats looked like. Maybe I just need to build up exercise tolerance.

 

[etabetac]

Thanks. It is a portable one and my sats are all over the place. I've had as low as 85 but typically around 88-90 when I am just moving normally (walking to and from bathroom or living room). Allergies and asthma have been addressed at least in the short term and I have been relatively symptom free which is the whole reason I decided to see what sats looked like. Maybe I just need to build up exercise tolerance.

 

[etabetac]

Thanks. It is a portable one and my sats are all over the place. I've had as low as 85 but typically around 88-90 when I am just moving normally (walking to and from bathroom or living room). Allergies and asthma have been addressed at least in the short term and I have been relatively symptom free which is the whole reason I decided to see what sats looked like. Maybe I just need to build up exercise tolerance.