Using a Portable Oxygen Concentrators While Sleeping

Using a Portable Oxygen Concentrators While Sleeping

Depending on your individual oxygen therapy needs, your doctor may determine that you need to use oxygen therapy while you are sleeping. It might be necessary for you to receive oxygen therapy 24/7, or just during the night, because you might have a hard time bringing in enough oxygen on your own while you are sleeping. A different dosage setting might even be needed while you are sleeping, as opposed to the setting you use while you are awake.

Your doctor might do an overnight sleep study to monitor your blood oxygen levels during the night, when you wake up in the morning, and compare them to your blood oxygen levels while you are awake. He or she will prescribe night time use and specify on a dosage setting specific to your individual needs.

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Come to an American Lung Association Rally Near You!

Come to an American Lung Association Rally Near You!

Living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other chronic lung diseases can be rough, even when your oxygen needs are being met. You might have a lot of questions about the disease, or you might be feeling down and isolated after being diagnosed with a chronic or severe lung disease.

If you or someone you love has just been diagnosed with a chronic lung disease, you should definitely attend an inspirational and education “Respiration Rally” in a major city closest to where you live. American Medical Sales and Repairs is proud to be sponsoring the upcoming rallies being held in Portland Oregon, Seattle Washington, Spokane Washington and Honolulu Hawaii!

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Alternative Ways to Pay for an Oxygen Concentrator

Alternative Ways to Pay for an Oxygen Concentrator

Paying for oxygen therapy equipment shouldn’t be a painful process. Here, we will help walk you through some of the payment methods that we offer at Oxygen Concentrator Store. Oxygen concentrators can be pricey, depending on the type and the model, as well as the features and settings. A stationary oxygen concentrator will cost much less than a portable oxygen concentrator.

Either way you slice it, you will be saving money in the lung run, because you won’t need to order oxygen refills. Oxygen concentrators might be on the costly side because of their technology that filters the oxygen within the machine itself, but you will no longer have to purchase or bother with purchasing the oxygen you need. It’s always there in the air around you, available to you through the oxygen concentrator.

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Portable Oxygen Concentrators for Cancer Treatment

Portable Oxygen Concentrators for Cancer Treatment

Patients with lung cancer experiencing shortness of breath can in turn, start to have a dangerously low blood oxygen level. A low blood oxygen level will further cause complications and make you feel even worse. If you have a good chance of survival, further complications from shortness of breath that usually goes along with lung cancer is definitely something that needs to be treated.

Your doctor might determine that you need to use oxygen therapy, if your blood oxygen level is below where it should be. This would be diagnosed with a few tests, including a blood test. By looking at the results, he or she will be able to write a prescription for how much oxygen you need to be getting, how often, and during which daily activities or specific times of the day you will need to use it.

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Everything You Need to Know About CPAP Machines

Everything You Need to Know About CPAP Machines

“CPAP” stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, which is what many people with Obstructive Sleep Apnea need to sleep through the night without missing out on any oxygen. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is when muscles of the upper airway are not strong enough to stay open to allow for normal breathing during sleep. If you’ve ever heard someone sleeping, and they suddenly stop breathing for a few seconds, and continue breathing again with a sudden jerk or gasp, that is what happens with those who have Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Many people won’t realize that they have Sleep Apnea, unless someone who is with them while they are sleeping can see what is happening, and let them know. There are other symptoms that occur while you are awake, such as fatigue during the day, a dry and sore throat every morning, morning headaches and trouble concentrating. You will have to be monitored by your doctor to determine if you have Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

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The Best Portable Concentrators to Take With You on a Bike Ride

Best Portable Concentrators to Take With You on a Bike Ride

When you’re going for a ride on your bike, you want to be able to travel as light as possible, but you also need to make sure your oxygen needs are being met sufficiently. If you’re not sure, or if you haven’t gone biking in a while since you’ve started using oxygen therapy, you should talk to your doctor to see which possible portable oxygen concentrators will cover your oxygen needs while you are exerting yourself.

Your doctor might have you take a physical test on a stationary bike to get an accurate reading of how much more oxygen you need while you are riding your bike. Everyone needs to take in more oxygen while they are getting exercise or just when they are moving around a lot. If you need to use oxygen therapy, it means your lungs have a hard time bringing in enough oxygen to meet your needs while you are doing every day things, like walking around the house or even while you are sitting still. Some people need to use oxygen therapy only while they are exercising.

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Energy Efficient Stationary Oxygen Concentrators

Energy Efficient Home and Stationary Oxygen Concentrators

After making sure your oxygen needs are met, and your oxygen concentrator fits your lifestyle and how long you need your oxygen therapy each day, you can narrow your search down to the most energy-efficient models. Energy efficiency is extremely important since this is an ongoing expense related to using your oxygen concentrator. You need to be able to keep your energy expenses as low as possible. There are a few oxygen concentrators that are the most energy efficient.

This is especially important if you need to use your oxygen concentrator for many hours out of the day. You don’t want to get a model that uses more electricity for the same dosage, than what you could have gotten with one that uses less. Here are a few models that offer higher doses, with the least amount of energy used as possible.

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Portable Oxygen Concentrators As Seen on TV

Portable Oxygen Concentrators As Seen on TV

Even though you won’t see any infomercials selling portable oxygen concentrators, you might see some them advertised on TV. You will always need a prescription before you can buy a portable oxygen concentrator. Oxygen for medical purposes is considered a drug, and it could be dangerous if misused without guidance from a doctor.

A prescription is always necessary before you can buy a portable oxygen concentrator from American Medical, or from anywhere else that sells them. You should never try to skip a step and buy from a seller that doesn’t require a prescription, since these sellers are not legitimate and are probably selling old or unsafe models.

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Nocturnal Oxygen Concentrator Usage

Nocturnal Oxygen Concentrator Usage

If you wake up in the morning feel abnormally tired and just downright awful, but later on in the day you start to feel much better, you might benefit from nocturnal oxygen therapy. Your doctor will ultimately help you determine if you need to use an oxygen concentrator while you are sleeping.

He or she will monitor your blood oxygen level while you are awake, and then while you are sleeping overnight, with the use of a pulse oximeter. If you have COPD that doesn’t require you to use an oxygen concentrator during the day, it might be determined that you do need to use an oxygen concentrator while you are sleeping to keep your blood oxygen level where it should be.

Your breath rate changes when you fall asleep, and again when you fall into a deeper sleep. That’s why you might not need it just while you are taking a little nap during the day. Your body wasn’t given the time to fall into a deeper slumber.

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Go Hiking this Spring and Summer With A Portable Oxygen Concentrators

Go Hiking this Spring and Summer With these Portable Oxygen Concentrators

If you love the outdoors, you shouldn’t have to miss out on one of the biggest adventures this spring and summer – hiking through a beautiful wooded park. You might be thinking about going on a short hike which requires not much gear or supplies, or a long hike that might even include some camping. Either way you want to go, you can take your portable oxygen concentrator along with you as long as you are prepared.

If you don’t normally use a portable oxygen concentrator and you want to go on a hike, you will need to check with your doctor to find out which portable model meet your oxygen needs. You should also make sure you are physically up to the task, and you aren’t putting yourself in any danger on your hike.

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