Quick Medical Test Question

Martha Gallagher wrote:

I had a check up yesterday, which went well. When the tech was monitoring
my various measurables, he mentioned that the oxygen level from the little
thing that clips on the end of your finger was 100% which he said was
good.

Naturally, I'm pleased to know that my fingernails are getting all the
oxygen they need, but I was wondering what that actually means. Is it an
indicator that I'm actually getting fit, that I have lots of iron in my
blood so it can carry lots of oxygen or just that the bubbles from all
the carbonated soda I drink are making my blood fizzy?

Just idle curiousity.

Martha



Healthy people generally regiser a Pulse Ox =98%. It goes down if you have
emphysema etc.
http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u05/u05_003.htm


gtoomey
www.gregrorytoome.com

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Gregory Toomey wrote:

Martha Gallagher wrote:

I had a check up yesterday, which went well. When the tech was monitoring
my various measurables, he mentioned that the oxygen level from the little
thing that clips on the end of your finger was 100% which he said was
good.

Naturally, I'm pleased to know that my fingernails are getting all the
oxygen they need, but I was wondering what that actually means. Is it an
indicator that I'm actually getting fit, that I have lots of iron in my
blood so it can carry lots of oxygen or just that the bubbles from all
the carbonated soda I drink are making my blood fizzy?


Healthy people generally regiser a Pulse Ox =98%. It goes down if you have
emphysema etc.
http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u05/u05_003.htm


Ah, thanks. It's pretty cool how that works. Too bad they can't monitor
blood glucose that way.

Martha





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They may some day. They are working on it in Japan. It uses sweat to
measure glucose over a short time period. It will probably be several years
before they get it all figured out.

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"Martha Gallagher" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Gregory Toomey wrote:

Martha Gallagher wrote:

I had a check up yesterday, which went well. When the tech was
monitoring
my various measurables, he mentioned that the oxygen level from the
little
thing that clips on the end of your finger was 100% which he said was
good.

Naturally, I'm pleased to know that my fingernails are getting all the
oxygen they need, but I was wondering what that actually means. Is it
an
indicator that I'm actually getting fit, that I have lots of iron in my
blood so it can carry lots of oxygen or just that the bubbles from all
the carbonated soda I drink are making my blood fizzy?


Healthy people generally regiser a Pulse Ox =98%. It goes down if you
have
emphysema etc.
http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u05/u05_003.htm


Ah, thanks. It's pretty cool how that works. Too bad they can't monitor
blood glucose that way.

Martha





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