Shortness of breath
Hey all,
Few days ago, I awoke from my sleep because I was short of breath. I looked at my apple watch it read sp02 of 85%. I started coughing instinctively to return air flow. Didnt quite know what was going on just know that I couldn’t breath. Went to the ER the next day because I continued having sudden drops in my sp02. They didnt do much of anything because the drops didnt happen in their presence of course. That night, on the car ride home my sp02 suddenly drop 74%. When these drops happen I feel generally unwell, sometimes there is chest pain, and there usually is a cough with it. It is sudden when it happens but from what I can see, it climbs back to normal levels immediately after the drops in 02 happens. It occurs mostly while sitting, but also lying flat, rarely when I am in motion. No known triggers.
I have been having these episodes for the past 3 years now. When it happens, a cough always comes with . Only relevant history to speak on is back when this all started around 2024, my Pulmonologist found high levels C02 range in my blood. Those levels returned back to normal weeks later. But could not find source of sob. At this time, no sp02 drops were ever observed on my apple watch at that time as I was not looking at that time.
I know I am having oxygenation issues in general due to my blue lips from time to time.
Is anyone out there having similar issues?
Thanks for reading this.