The epidemic is raging. In addition to medicines, canned yellow peach , another hot product has appeared. Major e-commerce platforms have found that many merchants have recently experienced some blood oximeter being out of stock, and some merchants have even doubled the price.
So for ordinary families, the price of an oximeter has doubled. Do we need to prepare an oximeter at home?
In March this year, the "Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (Trial Ninth Edition)" issued by the National Health Commission mentioned that the indicator for judging severe disease is: in the resting state, the oxygen saturation is ≤93% when breathing air.
The hypoxemia symptoms caused by COVID-19 are caused by difficulty breathing (inhalation) or pulmonary obstruction (exchange function), coupled with the elderly People with underlying diseases will develop hypoxemia .
There are also many elderly people who may suffer from "silent hypoxia". Here is a friendly reminder that if there are elderly people at home, if conditions permit, you can have an oximeter at home.
General. Under normal circumstances, the normal blood oxygen saturation is above 94%, and if it is below 90%, it is considered hypoxic.
Hypoxemia will lead to hypoxic perfusion of various organs, affecting aerobic metabolism , and finally leading to functional failure, coma, shock , and even death.
In the context of the current COVID-19 epidemic, when the number of patients increases significantly, there will inevitably be a shortage of medical resources. Therefore, it is critical to improve one's own home monitoring capabilities and the treatment capabilities of grassroots medical institutions.
Therefore, the existence of the oximeter as a "detector", even if the effect is not very great, can detect dangers in time, which is convenient for everyone to provide a good basis for timely medical treatment.
