What is the role of the Ventilator and Oxygen concentrator for COPD Patients?

Oxygen concentrator and ventilator can improve the respiratory condition of the human body. But most people don’t know the different applications time of both machines.

Now let’s learn the differences between the two kind of product.

1. The oxygen concentrator is to increase the oxygen concentration of the inhaled air

For most COPD patients, hypoxia is very dangerous. When the blood oxygen saturation of a COPD patient drops below 90%, it indicates that the body is hypoxic. At this time, it is necessary to use oxygen concentrator for oxygen therapy at home.

The oxygen concentrator is like a sieve, which filters out the oxygen in the air, enriches and purifies it and supplies it to the human body to improve our hypoxic state. ventilator can assist human breathing, but it cannot effectively improve the hypoxic state of the human body. Oxygen concentrator can increase the oxygen concentration in the blood, maintain the human blood oxygen saturation in a healthy state, and then improve the body's metabolic capacity and immunity force.

Applicable symptoms of household oxygen concentrators: people who are prone to hypoxia, long-term mental work, middle-aged and the elder, the pregnant, etc., as well as high altitude hypoxia symptoms, and other people who need oxygen therapy.

2. The ventilator is to solve the problem of carbon dioxide retention

The ventilator provides air flow like an electric fan to help and replace our breathing. The ventilator solves the problem of difficulty breathing and carbon dioxide retention in patients with COPD. When COPD develops to respiratory failure, the patient no longer breathe smoothly. As the exhalation function declines, the patient cannot normally discharge carbon dioxide in the body. If this happens, it will lead to the retention of carbon dioxide in the body, which will lead to hypercapnia. In severe cases, it can also cause the patient to coma and threaten human health.

Home ventilators are mainly aimed at two categories of people: one is patients with sleep apnea syndrome; the other is early and stable chronic obstructive pulmonary, chronic respiratory failure, emphysema, cardiopulmonary insufficiency, motor neuron disease, etc. patient.

3. What are the benefits of using non-invasive ventilator for COPD patients?

The condition is delayed

The main culprit for the worsening of COPD patients is often the retention of carbon dioxide in the body and the hypercapnia caused by it. After wearing a ventilator, the problem of carbon dioxide retention has been effectively alleviated, the number of acute attacks has been reduced, and frequent hospitalizations are no longer required. This not only saves high hospital costs, but also slows down the acceleration of the disease to a certain extent and prolongs survival time. .

Improve comfort

Due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are in a state of difficulty in breathing, leading to a decline in their overall quality of life. After assisted ventilation through a non-invasive ventilator, it can effectively improve the condition of respiratory fatigue, help patients to expel carbon dioxide and promote oxygenation. Regardless of exhalation or inhalation, the "respiratory muscles" of the patient who has been in a long-term fatigue state have a chance to rest, and the comfort of breathing is significantly improved.