How Safe Are Your Blood Oxygen Saturation Levels?...If you use oxygen, an oximeter is essential....Reactions0reactionsComments18 comments
The Do's and Don'ts of Using Supplemental Oxygen at Home...to take regardless of whether you are using oxygen cylinders, liquid oxygen or a concentrator....Reactions0reactionsComments39 comments
What to Do When Your Oxygen Level Is Low...Walk back to your oxygen source, whether it's an oxygen tank or concentrator. If you are using a tank, check if it still has oxygen....Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
What Are Alveoli?...The essential element of life is a molecule called oxygen. Oxygen is one of the components of the air you inhale....Reactions0reactionsComments18 comments
On Oxygen and On The Go - Part 4: Let's Hit The Road...On Oxygen and on the Go - Part 1: The Burden of Portable Oxygen On Oxygen and on the Go - Part 2: Oxygen Embarrassment On...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Breathlessness vs. Oxygen Saturation with COPD: Understanding the Difference...Hypoxemia means there is a low level of oxygen in the blood. Being hypoxic means that not enough oxygen is getting to your body's cells....Reactions0reactionsComments114 comments
COPD Lexicon: Oxygen Terms To Know...Supplemental oxygen. It’s when you inhale more oxygen than what’s in room air....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
4 Amazing Benefits of Home Oxygen Therapy...So, what are these benefits of oxygen? Here are 4 amazing benefits to using home oxygen....Reactions0reactionsComments21 comments
Morning Headaches...If the morning headaches are due to oxygen therapy, then having a healthcare provider adjust the amount of oxygen the person receives during the night...
Using and Wearing Supplemental Oxygen...There is no terror like being out and about and running out of oxygen....Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
What Is Polycythemia? ...Utilizing home oxygen assures you will inhale enough oxygen to maintain your oxygen levels. This prevents polycythemia....Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Respiratory 101: The Respiratory Tract...Place on oxygen molecule). Air (along with our oxygen molecule with fake eyes) first enters the nose....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Severe Symptoms of COPD...Oxygen therapy provides the body with extra oxygen delivered through a mask over the nose and mouth, or through a tube in the nostrils....
Thombre's Story...However, I still want to know whether oxygen can benefit all patients or it is given to patients having specific trouble....Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
Care and Cleaning of Your Oxygen Equipment...Whether you use compressed oxygen gas, liquid oxygen or a concentrator, a long length of tubing connects the oxygen source to your nasal cannula or mask...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Your Lungs and the Cardiovascular System...The air around us contains about 21% oxygen. Let's take some fake eyes and place them on one oxygen molecule....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Oxygen Use While Traveling With COPD...Some extended batteries allow up to ten hours of power at level one of oxygen....Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
What Is a Diffusion Test (DLCO)? ...These are specialized molecules that allow oxygen to be transported through your blood. Oxygen has a high affinity for hemoglobin....Reactions0reactionsComments14 comments
Lung Function Blood Tests...This is a measure of the amount of oxygen in your blood. A healthy number for oxygen saturation is usually higher than 90 percent....
