Peyt
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Hi,
Can Lupus cause low blood oxygen levels and fast heart beat?
Can Lupus cause low blood oxygen levels and fast heart beat?
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I am not sure.With lupus anything is possible. If there's pulmonary and/or cardiac involvement i think a low blood oxygen level and tachycardia is possible.
Do you suffer from lupus?
Yeah, but some of us react to anything under 98% with tachycardia. I have exactly the same problem.96-97%O2 sat is not abnormal. Hospitals start to worry below 92. People start being incoherent or cognitively challenged below 88%
After reading your comment I looked into sjogrens and this also seems like the symptoms that I have.Be sure to test for sjogrens/sicca syndrome as well
After reading your comment I looked into sjogrens and this also seems like the symptoms that I have.
The only symptom about sjogren that I don't have is decreased mucus/nasal secretions. In fact I have the opposite. I have excess mucus and nasal secretion. I have had the deviated septum surgery 3 times due to excess mucus accumulating and causing sinus infections. This had been happening since I was 2.
@Kati, Anti-DsDNA can be negative in SLE.
According to a study i read a few months ago negative anti-dsDNA with positive Anti-RNP/Anti-SM is seen in the most benign subgroup of SLE. This group is Less susceptible for renal involvement, more susceptible for serositis.