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Why would you put your oxygen tubing in a dryer w/a. Towel???
I've never heard of anyone doing this. Oxygen tubing gets stiff and hard with age from the oxygen going through it especially the canela. I just replaced it.
I use my nebulizer with oxygen as they do in hospitals,when my oxygen gets low this gives me necessary medication and brings my levels up.dr discorage this but i have only20% lungs that was three years ago,i am still not on oxygen,my levels usually hold at 92,but i cannot walk too far without stopping,ig it was not for nebulizer with oxygen i would have been dead.has anyone else doing this>
I have oxygen 24/7, do the nebulizer and two inhalers. My breathing is really bad. I walk a little then have to stop.
Currently at a rehab and respiratory theripst seems to feel we should try exercising without oxygen. I find it hard and my o2 drops and heartrate goes to high. Shouldn't we be exercising with out oxgen if our sats decrease on exertion?
Yes. I use 2L us usually but my Dr said when moving around A lot or exercising I should be on three or four seems to keep my oxygen up
@A MyCOPDTeam Member - Lots of good advise. Every once in awhile I've put my leash (tube) on so it slides down my back rather than down my chest. If I wanted to grill I'd use a 7 ft. or longer… read more
O2 tanks are prohibited on all flights. A portable oxygen concentrator must be FAA approved (most are). You will need to have battery capability for at least two times the duration of your flight… read more
This has been sitting in the back of my mind and I finally have figured out a question that maybe Jean can answer. We know that the pulse dose portable concentrators actually only deliver 1.2 or 1.5 liters of concentrated 02, and a constant flow up to 5 lpm but what percentage of concentrated 02 does a person actually inhale and use? We know the constant flow is potentially better but how much of the 02 is a person actually using of the constant flow? Of course what setting they are on makes… read more
Two nubulizer medicines,two inhalers plus’s oxygen when I’m on the move .also emergency inhaler as needed .
I have 3rd stage copd and sleep apnea I have a Trilogy machine it's a cpac and respiratorI hook my oxygen up to it every night I'm om oxygem 24/7 on 3L.I sleep better with my Trilogy machine
Hello Elaine
I use a Philips Mini Portable Oxygen Concentrator (1.5 ltrs pm to 5ltrs pm) with capacity for 2hrs and 4 hrs battery capacity running time at 3litres per minute on pulse rate. I use it… read more
I'm a co2 retainer and oxygen is supposed to be between 88 and 92 with your oxygen levels to be safe
