Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Happy hypoxia be one of the ‘hidden’ symptoms in the patient Covid-19. This condition has started to be reported in a number of Covid-19 patients.
Happy hypoxia is a condition when a person does not have difficulty breathing even though oxygen levels in the body are very low. In some cases, the patient’s condition is completely undisturbed, and can even carry out normal activities. Very low oxygen levels can be life threatening.
Happy hypoxia found to occur in a number of Covid-19 patients. A study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found a number of Covid-19 patients with low oxygen levels, but not experiencing shortness of breath.
“When oxygen levels drop, the brain [pasien Covid-19] does not respond until oxygen falls to a very low level, at which point the patient will usually feel short of breath, “said one of the researchers, Martin J Tobin, who is a pulmonologist, citing Science Direct.
Covid-19 is a disease that attacks the respiratory tract. In severe cases, the infection can reduce the amount of oxygen that the lungs can absorb.
Symptoms
Happy hypoxia also known as’silent hypoxemia‘. Hypoxemia itself is defined as a decrease in oxygen levels in the blood. When oxygen starts to decrease, a person will generally experience shortness of breath.
Under normal conditions, hypoxemia generally causes several symptoms, such as the following:
-hard to breathe
– dizzy to fainting
– breath shorter and faster
– cough
– changes in heart rate faster
– the skin on the fingertips and around the lips turns blue
However, in that case happy hypoxia, physical symptoms are almost completely absent.
It should be underlined, symptoms happy hypoxia Covid-19 only occurs in people with symptoms. Erlina Burhan, a pulmonary specialist from the Indonesian Lung Doctors Association, said that this condition does not occur in people without symptoms.
“Happy hypoxia cannot happen to people without symptoms, “Erlina said, quoting Among. Symptoms of Covid-19 that may appear in patients who experience it happy hypoxia including fever, cough and flu, but no symptoms of shortness of breath.
Therefore, Erlina suggested that people infected with Covid-19 with symptoms such as fever and flu should immediately contact health services.
How to Prevent
Without symptoms, happy hypoxia can be life threatening. However, it does not mean that this condition cannot be prevented at all.
Happy hypoxia can be detected early by measuring oxygen levels. You can measure the oxygen level at the nearest health care facility or have it checked independently.
Self-examination can be done with tools pulse oximeter. In Covid-19 patients, oximeter can help check oxygen levels, so that when oxygen is at its lowest level, follow-up can be done immediately.
Oximeter small in size and easy to carry. This tool works by placing it on the tip of your finger and checking how well oxygen is binding to your red blood cells. In healthy people, the saturation figure is on oximeter will be at 95-100 percent. You can have it yourself at home.
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