I am 18 years old female…
When I stand I get lightheaded, I went to the doctor today… and when I stood up and walked around the office my pulse was rising … 130… and my oxygen level dropped to the 80s… which the doctor claim is really low. That’s just by walking around the office. I get real bad chest pains also sometimes…. What is the cause of all this?
4 months and I cannot get an answer (lightheadedness) though the chest pain is new … and the shortness of breath.
Sounds very frightening. In general, most people maintain an oxygen level during normal conditions (e.g. not on Mt. Everest) of over 95% regardless of their activity. Dropping into the 80’s – hypoxemia – could be a sign of a serious condition. These may include structural heart disease (septal defects, valve disease), structural lung disease (e.g. pulmonary fibrosis), pulmonary hypertension, blood clots, and ateriovenous malformations.
Your doctor might start by obtaining an echocardiogram, which uses ultrasound waves to take a "picture" of you heart. This may provide you with an idea of what may be wrong. Additional tests may include chest CT, cardiac catheterizations, and biopsies.
It is important that you seek medical attention.
February 15th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
ask your doctor to give you Immunoglobulin A it will help with your respiratory problem also ask for Epinephrine too to trigger adrenaline and make your breath
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February 15th, 2010 at 5:59 pm
take your meds EXACTLY as prescribed & follow up with a pulmonologist. these questions are for your doctor -not Yahoo.
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February 15th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
have you had your blood checked? you could be anemic (low iron levels in blood stream).
this sounds a lot like anemia!
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February 15th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
Sounds very frightening. In general, most people maintain an oxygen level during normal conditions (e.g. not on Mt. Everest) of over 95% regardless of their activity. Dropping into the 80’s – hypoxemia – could be a sign of a serious condition. These may include structural heart disease (septal defects, valve disease), structural lung disease (e.g. pulmonary fibrosis), pulmonary hypertension, blood clots, and ateriovenous malformations.
Your doctor might start by obtaining an echocardiogram, which uses ultrasound waves to take a "picture" of you heart. This may provide you with an idea of what may be wrong. Additional tests may include chest CT, cardiac catheterizations, and biopsies.
It is important that you seek medical attention.
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Definition of hypoxemia (but not very helpful for regular people): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxemia
February 15th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
i answered it before
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