Hypoxia, oxygenation from incorrect PM settings?

• by Tam123
• 2015-03-18 01:03:18
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Hello all--

I have a question no one else has been able to answer.

If a Pacemaker is not set correctly can it cause chronic Hypoxia/cellular oxygenation depletion?

I had a major systemic collapse in 12/12 and for the past 2 years I have suffered from chronic hypoxia that could not be clinically explained However, a new St.Jude's tech started tweaking my PM in 8/12 and 12/12--then in 10/13 new cardiologist (at Kaiser...) put in infected generator--had to have it and both leads removed.

I made it without a PM until AV block returned a few months ago so now am 2 weeks into my 3rd PM and doing well.

So well I am wondering if my old PM could have been wrongly configured by an inexperienced technician that could cause chronic hypoxia.

I do not appear to have hypoxia now and seem to be recovering from the past 2 years of really bad systemic collapse (POTS, mast cell activation issues, all of which may have been exacerbated or even caused by a bad technician?? Just trying to connect the dots here).

My real troubles began in 8/12 when I had my first "tweak." Then in 12/12 after I had my 2nd "tweak."

Coincidence or possible cause?

Anyone out there know if PMs are incorrectly set, can it cause circulation issues which can cause hypoxia?

Thanks in advance. I am just thankful I'm doing better but would really like to know if there's a connection between "bad technician equals bad pacemaker function causing cellular oxygenation issues."

Thanks in advance!