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OXYGEN THERAPY

Oxygen therapy can be best described as oxygen usage for certain lung diseases. It can also be prescribed by a doctor for use at home for medical proposes. There are three methods to dispense Oxygen at home which can be done by compressing the Oxygen gas or liquid Oxygen and storing them in aluminum or steel tanks and cylinders through out the house, larger ones are particularly placed in the bedroom and this method of usage is for more active people.

However the down fall is that they can not be kept for a long period of time because it simply evaporates. Oxygen concentrator deliveries high levels of oxygen through an electronic device about the size of a night stand. It does this by concentrating Oxygen already in the air, taking out containments and gases in the house. It’s easier to maintain, cheaper and doest require refilling.

However its gives off heat, it’s nosier and is not portable. It will also require a back up battery in the case that the power may go out.

Portable Oxygen

As an Oxygen dependant traveler you know by now that it is very expensive but however a must to enjoy the enrichments of life. Unless you are going to travel in the comfort of your own home, with the science, discovery or travel channels. Travel Oxygen concentrators is a great way to get out of the house and enjoy the fruits of life, specifically designed to meet the needs of the traveler. They are compact and relatively a light weight charged by a self contained battery that can be plugged into a 12v cigarette lighter or wall mount outlet. Most units’ delivery as low as a 1 litter per minute (lpm) up to 6 lpm and are pulse delivering system that only allows oxygen to escape when a breath is taken.

Hyperbaric oxygen chamber is a treatment or a process in a carefully regulated, pressurized environment emitting 100% of breathing oxygen as well as delivering oxygen to the body tissues. Times in the chamber vary apon the patience needs varying from 75 to 150 minutes. The treatment works by:

- Plasma in the patients body is being saturated with oxygen
- Delivering increased amounts of oxygen to oxygen-deprived areas
- Killing bacteria by enhancing white-blood-cell activity
- Without causing oxygen deprivation by constricting blood vessels is a result by reducing edema
- It also has the effect of enhancing some antibiotics
- It also blocks carbon monoxide and cyanides toxic effects
- Helps formation of new small blood vessels by stimulation

In cases when people do not get enough Oxygen, supplemental Oxygen has many benefactors increasing in sleep, mood, mental alertness, stamina, and daily functions. They also have places to go for recreational uses known as Oxygen bars for people who believe that it will make them perform on a higher level of normalcy. However Oxygen at high levels and for a long period of time can be toxic and very harmful to ones health. There are no studies that show that low dosages of Oxygen in these bars are harmful to a normal person health.

Oxygen is a part of our everyday need. It is an Element (O) and is a group 16 element on the periodic table. Our body is made up of two thirds Oxygen and our atmosphere is one fifth Oxygen. It is a vital part of life for respiration in most living things from animals to plants and most combustibles. It is used in range from simply breathing and carrying out bodily functions to making rocket fuel. It is a clear odorless gas and its liquid form color is a light, pale blue. Too much Oxygen in high levels for a long period of time can be poisonous and hazardous to the body.