Archive for the ‘COPD and Oxygen’ Category

Long Term Oxygen Therapy - A Definition

1st February 2010 by admin No Comments

One way of highlighting the importance of oxygen would be to quickly outline what our bodies need to stay alive and more interestingly how long we can survive in their absence This list would have the following:

Food - You can last a few weeks without any food before dying.
Water - A few days
Oxygen - A [...]

Oxygen Therapy and Quality Of Life Can Go Hand In Hand

28th November 2009 by admin No Comments

When you place these two phrases together, “oxygen therapy” and “quality of life”, it appears that they contradict each other. But many times the normal reaction is to ask the question:
“How can you think of achieving quality of life if you are dependent on supplemental oxygen on a full time basis?”
But is it really a [...]

Oxygen Therapy and Supplemental Oxygen

16th September 2009 by admin No Comments

Oxygen therapy refers to the administration of supplemental oxygen to patients suffering with a chronic or acute situation …
When oxygen is given as part of the prescription for a chronic illness, this usually means COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). COPD is a term that refers to both emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

Study Links Reduced Risk of COPD to Diet High In Soy Foods.

10th July 2009 by admin 1 Comment

The results seem to indicate a positive relation between soy food intake amongst a sample of Japanese men and women, and a reduced risk of COPD. It seems that those with COPD had a significantly lower intake of soy products.

COPD and Your Oxygen Saturation

9th July 2009 by admin No Comments

People who have COPD  share a series of symptoms, typically shortness of breath, a continuos cough and “abnormal sputum” which is a mix of saliva and mucus in the airway. This is also reflected in simple daily activities such as walking, carrying something, and so on.
The problem is that the disease is affecting how much [...]

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