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0 pointsScoundreller7y ago0 comments

Your blood oxygenation will stay at 95-99% even while in a cabin.

Metabolism in aircraft is pretty low: you’re generally sitting idle, but I think the alcohol metabolism is still constant except the terminal metabolism.

Fever is partly metabolism, but largely reduced cooling.

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agurk7y ago

I've taken an oximeter with me on flights before, and can give a data point of n=1 to say this isn't the case.

My oxygen % decreased initially with altitude until it stabilised around 90-92% (at ~10k feet, IIRC). It sat at this point for the whole flight (8 hours), with a low of 87%.

Through forced rapid deep breaths I could get it back up into the mid-high 90s, but also got light headed and funny looks.

Moving around the cabin would also raise it.

ScoundrellerOP7y ago

Interesting, the studies i’ve Read pegged the average reduction at 4%.

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