How long should the elderly breathe oxygen?

As the elderly get older, their cardiopulmonary function begins to gradually decline, and they naturally cannot keep up with the pace of young people. They may suddenly faint due to lack of oxygen because they fall too much when walking or become too emotional. It is important to give the elderly proper oxygen inhalation, about 30 minutes each time, not too much or too little, so as to maintain a good oxygen balance.

1. Oxygen inhalation can relieve angina pectoris and prevent myocardial infarction: Angina pectoris is caused by acute myocardial hypoxia. Continuous myocardial hypoxia for more than 30 minutes may cause myocardial infarction, which is a major risk factor for sudden death of patients. Regular oxygen inhalation for health care or when an illness occurs can prevent or relieve the occurrence of angina pectoris and myocardial infarction, and buy time for treatment.

2. Oxygen inhalation can prevent sudden death type coronary heart disease: Sudden death type coronary heart disease has a special onset and is difficult to prevent. Before the onset of the disease, there are often persistent mild cerebral congestion, shortness of breath, abnormal emotions or disordered heart rate. If oxygen therapy can be used at this time, it can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

3. Oxygen inhalation is a good treatment for asthma: Asthma is caused by weakened ventilation between the alveoli and the outside world due to bronchial spasm and other conditions. Oxygen inhalation can increase the oxygen concentration in the alveoli and help relieve asthma.

4. Oxygen inhalation can effectively treat emphysema, cor pulmonale, and chronic bronchitis: The medical records listed are all caused by severe hypoxia. Oxygen inhalation can alleviate the patient's hypoxia symptoms and significantly increase blood oxygen saturation, which is more effective than drug treatment alone.

5. Oxygen inhalation has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on diabetes: Current studies have shown that diabetes is related to hypoxia in the body. The capillary pressure in diabetic patients is significantly lower, which causes tissue cells to not receive sufficient oxygen, leading to disorders of cell function and sugar metabolism. Therefore, oxygen therapy for diabetic patients has attracted more and more attention from the medical community.

6. Oxygen inhalation can play a health-care role for healthy people: Due to the increasingly serious air pollution and the common use of air conditioning, regular oxygen inhalation can clean your respiratory system, improve the function of internal organs, and enhance the body's comprehensive immunity to prevent various diseases.

It is best for normal people to breathe oxygen once a day for no more than 30 minutes each time!