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Sleeping 2 Days Straight With 31% Fev1
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Is sleeping for 2 days straight normal with a 31% Fev1. One more percent and I am at stage 4 copd

posted August 25, 2019
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FEV1, simple explanation—- is a diagnostic test, used in conjuntion with other tests, that gives a value of the forced expiratory rate used to measure lung function. I hope my memory serves to relate that correctly.
My knowledge of how this rate relates to extreme fatigue is limited, but in my own condition, my extreme sleepiness and fatigue was found to be caused by poor oxygenation, elevated Co2 level and a persistent pneumonia.
I would strongly suggest you contact your Pulmonologist as soon as possible for evaluation. Metabolic imbalances can also wreak havoc on our systems.
Best wishes to you as you deal with this issue.

posted August 25, 2019
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CO 2 another interesting topic. Several years ago it hit me, or so they said when they took me in on an emergency. The hospital in my town checked back on the numbers from the other hospital where I was treated, and they said it never should have been treated that way. I had an ABG, very painful, and had to spend hours on a bi-pap. Since then I have refused any ABG but requested a gas venous instead....simple blood test. They can tell enough off of that test. While I had the supposed co2 retention, I never slept past the normal 8 hours. It is important to know we are all different even though it is the same disease. I will always stick with checking out what a doctor says before going along with anything. They are people who make mistakes. I am now 74. When I was 21 I was given a short time to live. This happened again when I was in my 30s. I have been on hospice twice in the last three years, and I am still kicking. Both of those times I was given 6 months. One of my providers was Mayo Clinic. They do make mistakes. Everyone of us should be taking responsibility for making sure. Educating yourself is a part of this. The doctors may hate it when you know a little, but they can get over it. I still go, but I go in with a list of what I need, how I feel, what I have done to feel better, any meds I want and why, how I made improvements since my last visit. When they suggest something, I tell them I will get back to them after I do the research.

posted August 26, 2019
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FEV1 is one of the things tested in a spirometry or Pulmonary Function Test. FEV1 stands for "forced expiretory volume in the first second of expiration". Basically, what you can blow in the first second of exhalation. So when you do the test that the RT tells you to blow, blow, blow for, that's what's being measured. They also look at what you can blow in the middle (FEV1 25% - 75% and a bunch of other things.

To the original poster, get to your doc. One of the things that may be going on is CO2 retention and that can kill you. Get it checked out.

1019867at: you're right, you need to be concerned about more than your numbers, especially with COPD, and apparently with blood sugar, too, at least in your clinic. My point is that people do interpret things differently depending somewhat on their background and training as well as their level of expertise. Checking everything twice is prudent. I generally trust my pulmonologist in matters regarding breathing and my lungs. However, when I had a pleural effusion, he blamed it on the known gallstones I have (they've never so much as given me a twinge and I've had them for over 20 years) until my PCP convinced him it wasn't gallstones and he finally ordered a CT scan which showed clearly what the problem was. Sometimes you do have to keep after them until they make a good diagnosis. But you soon learn who you can trust for what sorts of problems.

posted August 26, 2019
A MyCOPDTeam Member

I think@ DavidCharlesChapman is giving you very good advice get your house checked for carbon monoxide leaks , my mother was sleeping too much last winter and I called the power company who immediately responded and discovered her gas stove had a small leak.

posted August 26, 2019
A MyCOPDTeam Member

I just learned something helpful about all tests. They can be done at two different facilities and two different things are seen depending on who reads the test. It is helpful not to rely on numbers but on how a person feels. The same goes when someone listens to your lungs at the same time. They will hear two different things. I have an RN who stops in regularly. She has practiced for many years. She has confirmed all this as well as the docs. If you can get a health care magazine called BottomLine, this week there is an article on Ageism.. We can't rely on everything we are told. That was the philosophy of years ago. I have worked in health care for over 30 years, and I have seen it all. I double check everything out a doctor tells me. A few weeks ago they nearly killed me with insulin telling me the lab said it was over 600; I am not diabetic. A finger prick vs. a blood draw revealed it was only 115. The insulin would have put me into seizures and killed me. It has more to do with the sloppiness of medical care today vs. the place where these tests are done. Be careful. Double check everything for yourself. Become well acquainted with what you can and cannot do and stick with it.

posted August 26, 2019

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