The Effects of Hypoxia

Hypoxia has serious effects on our heart and brain health. Because brain tissue is particularly sensitive to oxygen, people are prone to fatigue after hypoxia. Moderate hypoxia can also cause depression, apathy, and lethargy. Hypoxia can also increase heart rate and blood pressure; liver cell edema, degeneration, and necrosis, make secondary Sexual increase in red blood cells. Hypoxia can also lead to metabolic disorders of the body, such as blood lactic acid levels increase and ketone bodies increase. People should pay more attention to the impact of hypoxia on the internal circulation, because insufficient oxygen supply to tissues and obstruction of internal circulation can easily induce or aggravate thromboembolic diseases, decreased organ function, and decreased immune function etc., which undoubtedly worsen the underlying diseases.

The human body also suffers from hypoxia due to diseases. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic bronchitis and emphysema), bronchial asthma, pulmonary heart disease, pneumoconiosis, coronary heart disease, heart failure, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral embolism, etc. all can cause hypoxia.

The use of oxygen to treat hypoxia or hypoxemia is called oxygen therapy. Oxygen therapy is not only a means to treat the above diseases, but also can be used for pregnant women and fetal distress, hypertension, senile vascular sclerosis, dizziness, migraine, senile dementia and other causes of acute and chronic hypoxia.

Oxygen therapy has become fashionable for health care. It is suitable for brain fatigue, emotional stress or depression, sports fatigue, and air-conditioning diseases caused by long-term intense mental work. Therefore, oxygen is also a kind of "medicine."

Medical oxygen used for treatment can be obtained from oxygen cylinders, liquid oxygen and oxygen concentrators. People are most familiar with oxygen cylinders, which are suitable for hospitals. The cost of liquid oxygen is very high. Oxygen concentrator is the best choice. It can be used both in hospital and at home. It can be used for treatment and health care, and for indoor air renewal and personal oxygen inhalation.