Things to Know When Using Oxygen Therapy

Being prescribed oxygen can be overwhelming, many people with lung disease feel better when they use oxygen therapy. This video will help you get started with oxygen therapy and adjust to life on oxygen. Always consult your doctor if you have questions about your oxygen therapy prescription and using your oxygen device. To learn more about oxygen therapy, visit Lung.org/oxygen.
Produced with support from Three Lakes Partners

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  • @barbara4111
    @barbara41114 жыл бұрын

    I am so thankful to have found this video. It is helping me cope with recently diagnosed breathing problems. Much gratitude to the people in the film and to the film makers.

  • @alexvikendi1768

    @alexvikendi1768

    4 жыл бұрын

    What do you have Barbara? I fear I'm starting having pulmonary fibrosis, I can't breath at night

  • @barbara4111

    @barbara4111

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@alexvikendi1768 My shortness of breath is caused by orthopedic problems--there's not enough room in my chest for my lungs to fully expand. It's gotten worse as I've gotten older. I thought it was allergies, was totally blown away when the doc prescribed oxygen.

  • @kreyna80

    @kreyna80

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. I appreciate you. You mean a lot.

  • @anthonyesplin309

    @anthonyesplin309

    3 жыл бұрын

    I had a neighbor that I built an oxygen pillow for that helps with their sleep. If anyone is interested in trying one to give me feedback I will send you one for free.

  • @ralfoxygen1374

    @ralfoxygen1374

    3 жыл бұрын

    The newest therapy from Germany: Vital Air 5+ device !

  • @ernestinejones8822
    @ernestinejones88223 ай бұрын

    I enjoyed this video. Also the comments are very helpful as well. Because a lot of us people are using Oxgen

  • @annwanamaker5210
    @annwanamaker52103 жыл бұрын

    I needed this info...thank you, Ann

  • @JennieRose8
    @JennieRose82 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Very helpful!

  • @jeffgrant6914
    @jeffgrant69142 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful video I have to use oxygen

  • @lillianpalmer1013
    @lillianpalmer10132 жыл бұрын

    It sucks been on it about 3 years at first it was scary going out, but I'm use to it now.

  • @vitorfernandes6747

    @vitorfernandes6747

    Жыл бұрын

    how much liters per min do you use?

  • @dawnegan3984
    @dawnegan39843 ай бұрын

    Some of the videos on YT are so scarey to do with COPD AND OXYGEN THIS ONE PUT ME AT Ease a bit thank you 🌹

  • @carolcurry350
    @carolcurry3502 жыл бұрын

    very disappointed you did not mention the dangers of using too much oxygen especially for people with COPD who are CO2 retainers. Wish this information was required to be given to each and every person who is put on oxygen. It could save a lot of lives potentially!

  • @ChineseSe7en

    @ChineseSe7en

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you give us that information?

  • @nareshkumarshorie6627

    @nareshkumarshorie6627

    2 жыл бұрын

    For healthy person don’t inhale pure oxygen more than 1to 2 minutes in 24 hours.even for patients don’t use pure oxygen.60 to 70 % can be taken for longer periods

  • @conniepr

    @conniepr

    Жыл бұрын

    what information please?

  • @fawadahmadi5685

    @fawadahmadi5685

    Жыл бұрын

    @@conniepr if you take too much oxygen it can harm you see your doctor for the right amount you require .

  • @fawadahmadi5685

    @fawadahmadi5685

    Жыл бұрын

    if you take too much oxygen it can harm you see your doctor for the right amount you require .

  • @janetgao6201
    @janetgao62013 ай бұрын

    I now use oxygen for sleep apnea. Was surprised I can’t use my electric mattress pad or electric blanket. Would never have considered that.

  • @caribaez5711
    @caribaez57113 жыл бұрын

    I like this video. Nice. Thank you. 😊

  • @rejoycemasuka3565
    @rejoycemasuka35652 ай бұрын

    Thank you... How can you see if the oxygen is up or down for some one who uses it everda... Can u check on the tank or on u have to do some test

  • @DBronk22
    @DBronk224 жыл бұрын

    So technically whenever u breathe ur taking a drug, cuz they said oxygen is a drug

  • @ralfoxygen1374

    @ralfoxygen1374

    4 жыл бұрын

    The newest and most effective therapy from Germany: vital-air-therapy.com

  • @peachblossom2803

    @peachblossom2803

    3 жыл бұрын

    I do not think of oxygen as a drug. I have been using it for 20 years

  • @lowlife2601

    @lowlife2601

    2 жыл бұрын

    To much oxygen not good like drugs, i think they meen? Vidio said early earth had no oxegen plants die n never decay, all oil now

  • @ernestburksiii4631
    @ernestburksiii46312 жыл бұрын

    I'm on 2ltrs pulse setting for heart failure

  • @pratyaythecarnewser3583
    @pratyaythecarnewser35833 жыл бұрын

    PLEASE MAKE VIEDEOS ABOUT OXYGEN MASK AND HEARING AID

  • @KenClements
    @KenClements2 жыл бұрын

    oxygen is a drug???? Only in the USA.

  • @Tinfoilhat311

    @Tinfoilhat311

    3 ай бұрын

    Hey man, do you know where I can get some oxygen ? Lol

  • @gloriashipmon9666
    @gloriashipmon9666 Жыл бұрын

    75 year old female with vascularitis. They have to wean me off oxygen. Been put on oxygen and then weaned off is not good for me.

  • @johnfaulkner6776
    @johnfaulkner67764 жыл бұрын

    In America the authorities classify Oxygen as a "drug" and medical oxygen in a bottle needs a prescription.

  • @randygreen007

    @randygreen007

    2 жыл бұрын

    $$$

  • @CarsPaint
    @CarsPaint Жыл бұрын

    Hi there 🙂 I am a 25 years old male and I am a smoker but I am active and started gyming often & my dad has a heart disease because of type two diabetes and he has a machine that converts water to oxygen and he also has a oxygen tank, he uses the oxygen tank only, would it be good for me to use the oxygen machine during resting after exercising???

  • @perisword7918

    @perisword7918

    Жыл бұрын

    I think you should quit smoking so you do not end up like your father. Says the former smoker of 39 years whos now on oxygen and kinda wishes her life was over.

  • @CarsPaint

    @CarsPaint

    Жыл бұрын

    @@perisword7918 my dad actually never smoked surprisingly.. And I really have been trying to stop I actually bought a new vape today 🙄 but I actually have some worse smoking habit ☹️ habits that are way harder to quite than cigarettes, I really need help hey omg... I haven't slept in or eaten in 3 days 🥺 I really need to get my mind and life in order, thank you for your advice and I wish for you to feel better and have a smile on your face no matter what 🙏♥️

  • @danteburlew

    @danteburlew

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CarsPaint I'm 30 years old and have smoked for about 13 years. I recently have been put on oxygen. I was very active and went to the gym and that did not make a difference. Quit while your ahead. No excuse of how hard it is to stop will seem truly that difficult when you have to wear oxygen 24/7.

  • @brodygoalie
    @brodygoalie3 жыл бұрын

    So exactly what are the correct oxygen level with and without oxygen??? Thank you

  • @americanlungassociation

    @americanlungassociation

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please contact the Lung HelpLine at 1-800-LUNGUSA to get an answer customized to your situation.

  • @Joeelectronicschematicsforauto

    @Joeelectronicschematicsforauto

    3 жыл бұрын

    That depends on your systems and your lungs I would assume best to ask your doctor

  • @jeri8853

    @jeri8853

    2 жыл бұрын

    They start u out on a flow rate of 2 liters. Use your finger monitor to watch you blood oxygen move up! It only takes half a minute to go from s 89 to 94 then 98! Falling below 88 starts damage to your body. Some muscle aches usually occur but otherwise you don’t really feel to different. Google. For more info

  • @marglam6123

    @marglam6123

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jeri8853 great info

  • @ernestinejones8822

    @ernestinejones8822

    3 ай бұрын

    Good information to know!!

  • @darrishawks6033
    @darrishawks60332 жыл бұрын

    I just want to know if there are benefits to breathing oxygen like this to people who are completely healthy or if it does nothing. I assume it does nothing but I want to know lol

  • @gina2190
    @gina21903 жыл бұрын

    What can I buy in uk to help my hubby who has bad copd ?

  • @oxygenconcentrator6127

    @oxygenconcentrator6127

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Gina, do you need oxygen concentrator for home use or portable with Battery? Here is our website: dedakjoxygenconcentrator.com/ we can deliver the device via DHL door to door.

  • @scottmiller3555

    @scottmiller3555

    3 жыл бұрын

    High dose NAC (N-acetylcysteine), a supplement/amino acid that was recently taken off the market in the United States because of its efficacy with covid-19 lung issues.

  • @marglam6123

    @marglam6123

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scottmiller3555 that figures

  • @LeahNicole007
    @LeahNicole0072 жыл бұрын

    I found this video I’m 33 years old with two kids and being on oxygen has rocked our world 😞

  • @susanmcknight2124
    @susanmcknight21242 жыл бұрын

    Can you tell me why when I use oxygen 2L from a concentrator I get a raging headache? Seems more sinus ,facial

  • @rozayrose927

    @rozayrose927

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same it gets me this ugly pounding headache I wanna know why also ???

  • @lifeliberty3943

    @lifeliberty3943

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rozayrose927 I thought it was only me. Also, I swear I taste differently the more I use it too.

  • @amywhaley7238

    @amywhaley7238

    2 жыл бұрын

    The oxygen from the tank or concentrator is very dry, and most people need moisture in their sinuses to feel OK. Try using a humidifier in the room you inhabit most. I sometimes wake with a dry sinus headache and cure it by cranking up my humidifier and directly inhaling the moistened air for a minute or two.

  • @randygreen007

    @randygreen007

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@amywhaley7238 thanks for that information.

  • @JaneA544
    @JaneA5444 жыл бұрын

    No one puts the cost of these machines therefore you know it's going to be expensive

  • @billn9910

    @billn9910

    4 жыл бұрын

    Medicare does cover 80 percent of the cost for a home system or a portable system (powered) but not both. I have a home concentrator and tank filler paid for by Medicare and my insurance company. I also bought a portable carryable concentrator for $2250 which was a big discount over the normal $3200 price.

  • @ralfoxygen1374

    @ralfoxygen1374

    4 жыл бұрын

    The best of the best : Vital Air 5+ device (vital-air-therapy.com)

  • @JohnDuraSSB
    @JohnDuraSSB2 жыл бұрын

    how do you refill the oxygen?

  • @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    2 жыл бұрын

    The water forms the air in the tank

  • @ralfoxygen1374
    @ralfoxygen13743 жыл бұрын

    The newest therapy from Germany: Vital Air 5+ device !

  • @jeanreynolds1425
    @jeanreynolds14252 жыл бұрын

    I was given a Cpap machine and later an oxygen tank; my other Dr. said I would die quicker, if I used the Oxygen machine. Does anyone know why he said that? He also told me not to use medforman for my diametes because I have tumors in my kidneys and cancer in the left one. I believe he was right about that because last time I took !/2 a pill, I could not pee for several days. The oxygen was for low oxygen levels , Sleep A., and conjustive heart failure. Docs. ??

  • @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    2 жыл бұрын

    man oxygen would keep cells healthy and lack of oxygen would affect the organs of the body and the brain that sends blood and oxygen mainilor și oicioarelor

  • @bossmodl3thalpoppa484

    @bossmodl3thalpoppa484

    9 ай бұрын

    I think what he was saying was that u need the 02 but without using the cpap machine that it could kill you as it removes the c02 that you’re building up as you sleep

  • @henrydasilva933
    @henrydasilva9333 жыл бұрын

    En français, merci

  • @marglam6123

    @marglam6123

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bonsoir. Comment ca va.

  • @MassiveSuccessVids
    @MassiveSuccessVids4 жыл бұрын

    How nosiy are these machines?

  • @artsythaartist5597

    @artsythaartist5597

    3 жыл бұрын

    Somtime they can be loyd depends on the modle you buy

  • @lillianpalmer1013

    @lillianpalmer1013

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very

  • @marglam6123

    @marglam6123

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mine is relatively quiet.

  • @TALKINGTECHNOLOGY23
    @TALKINGTECHNOLOGY232 жыл бұрын

    Hai @american Lung Association, I am sorry, I wanna ask your permit for use footage 5-7 second for my video about climate change campaign. I will input your name in my credit title video. Thank you

  • @valmoore3199

    @valmoore3199

    2 жыл бұрын

    My oxygen bag will not show my settings

  • @blackericdenice
    @blackericdenice4 жыл бұрын

    My neighbor wire is on meth therapy.

  • @rjac001
    @rjac0013 жыл бұрын

    First of all Oxygen is not a drug

  • @beverlyseltz7207

    @beverlyseltz7207

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oxygen is considered to be a drug. That’s why a prescription is needed.

  • @westonhuffman7908
    @westonhuffman79087 ай бұрын

    Well, Only if it's true that if you're on oxygen you cannot ride a roller coaster.

  • @wafaibrahim369
    @wafaibrahim3693 жыл бұрын

    🍀🌵🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

  • @KevinP32270
    @KevinP322703 жыл бұрын

    how is oxygen a drug when you breath it everyday?

  • @tinpin609

    @tinpin609

    3 жыл бұрын

    “Pure” oxygen puts you in a modified state of being so it can be classified as a drug. Other things like Nutmeg can be considered a drug as well because it can act as a hallucinogen.

  • @truth1844

    @truth1844

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tinpin609 ...They didn't say "pure" oxygen is a drug, you are changing the narrative. Oxygen is NOT a drug. It may be classified by the FDA under "drug" in order to prescribe and regulate it when higher than normal amounts are used for medicinal purposes. The whole atmosphere has oxygen (drugs)?🤣🤣🤣 The FDA also classifies nitrogen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, helium, carbon monoxide which are also in the air as medical gasses (drugs). I guess all humans, animals and plants are drug-addicts.🤣🤣🤣

  • @Earthomo

    @Earthomo

    3 жыл бұрын

    @truth1844 Thank you for correcting that rubbish.👏🏽👏🏽 Sheep people believe everything American “authorities” (who are nothing but regular folks creating ways to monetize everything) tell them. “Oxygen is a drug” yeah right! 🙄

  • @saoirseronan479

    @saoirseronan479

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@truth1844damn you confidently spouts dumb statement

  • @tsievers2907
    @tsievers290711 ай бұрын

    Anyone else get dizzy today is my first day on a oxygen tank

  • @zargmot5059
    @zargmot50592 жыл бұрын

    Can oxygen therapy cause cancer?

  • @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    2 жыл бұрын

    not

  • @chuteboxegod

    @chuteboxegod

    2 жыл бұрын

    Everything causes cancer

  • @junesparez2702
    @junesparez27023 жыл бұрын

    Oh such a long story

  • @jackiehanley6274
    @jackiehanley62746 ай бұрын

    What are you asking yourself. ❤❤❤❤😷😷😷😷😷😷😷🚬🇺🇸👍

  • @craigwentling9881
    @craigwentling98812 жыл бұрын

    With pulmonary fibrosis you can not have to much oxygen.

  • @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like BT aint for me either.

  • @pedrogonzales9202
    @pedrogonzales92022 жыл бұрын

    Oxygen is NOT a drug.

  • @annesummers09
    @annesummers093 жыл бұрын

    Oxygen Is NOT a drug! Good heavens, how idiotic.

  • @tinpin609

    @tinpin609

    3 жыл бұрын

    What is a drug? Think critically.

  • @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    2 жыл бұрын

    bad tea, Mata, how can you say it's not a medicine as long as people like me and millions of people keep us alive, days, months, years

  • @OU812..

    @OU812..

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dc.pentrumesteri4893 I drink mata are you saying it is bad?

  • @Bobster986
    @Bobster9863 жыл бұрын

    Oxygen is a drug? LOL 😂

  • @tinpin609

    @tinpin609

    3 жыл бұрын

    “Pure” oxygen puts you in a modified state of being, so it can be classified as a drug. Other things like Nutmeg can be considered a drug as well because it can act as a hallucinogen.

  • @truth1844

    @truth1844

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tinpin609 ...They didn't say "pure" oxygen is a drug, you are changing the narrative. Oxygen is NOT a drug. It may be classified by the FDA under "drug" in order to prescribe and regulate it when higher than normal amounts are used for medicinal purposes. The whole atmosphere has oxygen (drugs)?🤣🤣🤣 The FDA also classifies nitrogen, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, helium, carbon monoxide which are also in the air as medical gasses (drugs). I guess all humans, animals and plants are drug-addicts.🤣🤣🤣

  • @demonfolis3026
    @demonfolis30264 жыл бұрын

    This video said "oxygen is a drug" lol wut

  • @allencrider

    @allencrider

    4 жыл бұрын

    Smoke it, and you get high.

  • @latenttweet

    @latenttweet

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yea you’ll get lit for sure if you try to smoke it.

  • @alexlex8707

    @alexlex8707

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its not a drug but you can get a "high" sensation if you use it in excess. Thats what the oxygen masks are for in airplanes, in case of a crash, people are in panic and breath hard on that pure oxygen giving them a high sensation, and in case of a crash they will be in no pain from that excess of oxygen until they finally manage to die.

  • @naasonviolin3341

    @naasonviolin3341

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alex Lex - What if there’s no crash and all the passengers get high with all that extra oxygen and the don’t wanna leave the plane after it lands?? 🤔 hmm...

  • @alexlex8707

    @alexlex8707

    4 жыл бұрын

    @over opinionated haha

  • @debbiebakewell6856
    @debbiebakewell68563 жыл бұрын

    Oxygen is a drug.

  • @RiosTikvic
    @RiosTikvic4 жыл бұрын

    if you need more oxygen breath deeper for few minutes and that is that.

  • @shebadavis9840

    @shebadavis9840

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rios Zario: Breathing deeper doesn’t work for everyone, there are those who can’t take deep breaths

  • @edenassos

    @edenassos

    3 жыл бұрын

    The oxygen in the atmosphere is not enough. Pure oxygen is esctasy.

  • @RiosTikvic

    @RiosTikvic

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@edenassos Sure we need more oxygen to feel great and have lot of energy. It is possible to get enough through Wim Hoff breathing technic.

  • @JoJo-gr1rp

    @JoJo-gr1rp

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not when you have hypoxia doesn't work

  • @antoinettegilbert9258

    @antoinettegilbert9258

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!! along with my resue inhaler damn 🤷🏾‍♀️.... NEVER, ever,smoked a cigarette or drugs??🙏🏾😅

  • @Brandon_Neil
    @Brandon_Neil2 жыл бұрын

    Oxygen is a drug...

  • @king0s
    @king0s3 жыл бұрын

    Monkey hear, monkey do. No one is talking about oxygen free radicals and slow gradual oxygen toxicity. And will never talk because apparently the flow setting is given by the medical provider and it's assumed nothing can go wrong. Like magic.

  • @niurkarey3254

    @niurkarey3254

    3 жыл бұрын

    Slow gradual oxygen toxicity ? Can you explain? My brother in on oxygen for the first time and I’m panicking to see him like this! So it’s oxygen therapy bad in your opinion?

  • @king0s

    @king0s

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@niurkarey3254 No it's not bad altogether. When more oxygen is supplied, our body metabolizes oxygen at much faster rate which leads to increased Oxygen free radical production. Our body has mechanisms to handle these free radicals using antioxidant enzymes, which are produced at a finite rate and at a break point the free radicals are overwhelmingly more in number that they start damaging the alveoli. Most of the studies for oxygen toxicity are done in terms of 48 to 72 to 100 hours. And reasonably getting oxygen therapy is very beneficial if it's for a couple of days provided that the O2 percentage is not high like 90%. That's why the general practice is to start at a particular O2 percentage and decrease it gradually to a point that they can be weaned off O2 support, so that they sustain good oxygen saturation levels at room O2 levels. But the problem is when the patient is on O2 for weeks together. This is a problem in countries like India where the sheer number of Covid patients means that not everyone can be given individual monitoring by a medical personnel.

  • @niurkarey3254

    @niurkarey3254

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@king0s Thanks so much for the Explanation! My brothers was having symptoms and came out positive with Cov19 and while home his Saturation was 87-89% for 2 days, thus after being in the hospital for 3 days, he was sent home with an an Oxygen Concentrator. The doctor prescribed the sup O2 until his O2 levels would reach to 95%.. My brother's O2 is now 91-92% he's being in the oxygen for 3 days... I do understand what you said about the free radicals and how the body is supposed to dealt with it, and I think that I also understood you correctly when you said that is not good for him to be in the O2 for many days as this may increase toxicity, Correct? I will search for those studies you've mentioned as i want to know what will be best for him. Thanks for your replay!

  • @marglam6123

    @marglam6123

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@king0s good info. I have COPD and emphysema. There were times when I was desperate to breathe. When the emt came he gave me oxygen and it immediately relieved my deadly attack. I became peaceful and more relaxed. I consider that administration of oxygen as what contributed to my not dying which everyone said I should have. I recently bought an oxygen concentrator for times when I get anxious about breathing and can't catch my breath. Just having it available relieves my mind. I use it perhaps two or three hours total per day. I'm happy that the amount of liters was mentioned as I had it turned up too much. It's to me a wonderful assuring item to have for my condition. My regular doctor wouldn't give me a prescription because he's not a "specialist". What ever happened to just being a doctor. Geez. But your info was helpful. 😊

  • @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    @dc.pentrumesteri4893

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marglam6123 foarte bine că iei oxigen la fel iau și eu de 1an și 2 luni nu te lua după toți proștii care zic că oxigenul nu este bun la noi bolnavii cu oxigen daca era și el așa nu mai vorbea aiure