Invacare Oxygen Conserver Tanks Overview

Invacare Oxygen Conserver Tanks Overview

Here is a summary of the features and specifications of 4 Invacare Oxygen Conserver Tanks.

Invacare M2 Conserver with Bag

The smallest conservation tank available for the Homefill system can hold up to 57 liters of oxygen! It delivers up to 2 LPM (liters per minute) of pulse dose oxygen, and is perfect for those who need only this amount, for up to 24 minutes at a time.

It also only takes 24 minutes to refill. That means you can fill it up, go outside and work in the garden, or take a trip to the store, and be back in time to refill it for a second dose. It’s also the most lightweight, smallest and most unobtrusive of the Homefill conservation tanks, weighing just 2 lbs. It measures 3 inches in diameter and 8.25 inches tall. The bag it comes with makes it easy to strap it on while you’re using it, and going about your day.

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What You Should Know About Living With COPD

What You Should Know About Living With COPD

If you or someone you know has COPD, there are plenty of things you will need to know and remember to help you deal with this disease. COPD doesn’t have to rule your life, but if you know the facts, you can use these to make your quality of life better.

What Caused Your COPD

Getting to the bottom of what caused your COPD will help you remove yourself from these factors. Smoking tobacco is the number one cause, with over 80% of COPD cases being caused by smoking. The second main cause of COPD is air pollution, such as the kind in big cities with a lot of smog and toxins in the air. The third and most rare cause, is a genetic defect that causes only 1% of all known COPD cases worldwide.

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Chronic Pain and COPD – The Causes and the Solutions

Chronic Pain and COPD – The Causes and the Solutions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can affect every part of your life, not just how you breathe. Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema fall under the umbrella term of COPD, but they’re characterized by the damage dealt to your lungs. If your lungs have been damaged, it means you’re unable to bring in enough oxygen into your body.

Our bodies are so dependent on oxygen, that when a little is missing over a period of time, everything starts to suffer. Your doctor might prescribe the use of oxygen therapy to make up for lungs’ inability to bring in enough oxygen to fuel your body. Aside from getting enough oxygen, you can have another problem that is much different, but still connected to your COPD – chronic pain.

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How to Clean an Oxygen Concentrator

How to Clean an Oxygen Concentrator

It’s easy to keep your oxygen concentrator in good working order as long as you keep it clean and well maintained. Cleaning your portable oxygen concentrator, on the inside and the the filter, will prevent you from needing to buy a new one as soon as you would have, if you didn’t keep up on the maintenance. If you have a portable oxygen concentrator, you’ll also want to keep it clean so that it will look nicer when you take it out in public.

How to Clean The Outside of Your Oxygen Concentrator

Like all electronics, your oxygen concentrator is going to collect dirt and dust, and it will come in contact with substances that will make it slightly sticky, which will make the dirt and dust stick to it. Even if you try to avoid it, these things seem to get on the surface just anyway, just because you are using it. It’s easy to clean the outside, especially if you do it before it gets really dirty.

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Oxygen Therapy and Oxygen Concentrator Usage for Babies and Infants

Oxygen Concentrator Usage for Babies and Infants

Sometimes babies require help in receiving more oxygen, so they can grow and thrive. Often times, a condition like this will only last for a few months, to the first few years of their life. A baby can be born with a heart or lung complication that makes it more difficult for them to bring in enough oxygen, or distribute it throughout their body the way it needs to be.

You might find it necessary to have to leave the house with your child, while he or she is using their oxygen therapy. In this case, the right portable oxygen concentrator might be what you need. Such a portable model would need to offer the right dosage setting, and not be too heavy for you to transport, along with your child.

The air around us only contains 21% oxygen. For someone who cannot inspire enough oxygen or someone with circulatory or cardiovascular problems, this won’t be enough to be able to get enough oxygen to the cells of the body. If a baby can’t get enough oxygen, the major organs will begin to suffer, and it would eventually lead to death.

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Portable Oxygen Concentrator Use for People with Diabetes

Portable Oxygen Concentrator Use for People with Diabetes

Once your body becomes resistant to insulin, or is unable to produce insulin, causing your blood sugar level to spike, you become susceptible to another set of medical issues. You might start to lose your eyesight, and you can start to develop sores on your feet. These sores are caused by tissue damage, and can even lead to the need for amputation.

You might already have diabetes that you’ve had since you were young. Type 1 diabetes often shows up when you’re very young, but it more rare than Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes will usually develop after the age of 40, and will usually progress, unless major life style changes are made. There’s a chance you can make sure it doesn’t progress as quickly if you start eating healthier.

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Financing the Inogen One G2 Oxygen Concentrator

Financing the Inogen One G2 Oxygen Concentrator

If you need pulse dose oxygen at a setting of 6, the Inogen One G2 mobile unit is your best bet for the most lightweight and convenient way to receive your oxygen therapy. There are many great features about this portable oxygen concentrator that make it a crowd favorite.

We want to make sure anyone who needs it can get it, and that’s why we offer a few easy ways to make and payments and finance our concentrators.

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Why Cigars Can be as Dangerous than Cigarettes

Why Cigars are More Dangerous than Cigarettes

It’s a popular myth that because you don’t inhale the smoke from cigars, that they are safer than cigarettes when it comes to lung function and the threat of lung diseases. You might think it’s okay to move on to cigars, if you’ve been diagnosed with COPD, because of this myth. In lieu of a recent medical study done on those over the age of 60, this is definitely not the case. More lung function can actually be lost if you smoke cigars.

In this study conducted in 2010, the lung function of 3,528 people was monitored. All of the participants were at risk for cardiovascular diseases, and most of them were in their mid 60s. Seventy-two percent of them smoked tobacco, 9% of which smoked a pipe, 11% smoked cigars and the remaining 52% smoked cigarettes.

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Traveling to High Altitude Locations with Oxygen

Traveling to High Altitude Locations with Oxygen

Even those who don’t have COPD or other chronic lung diseases, can have a hard time in high altitudes. Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) can happen when you aren’t used to a high altitude and you ascend too quickly for your body to adjust properly. AMS symptoms are difficulty sleeping, fatigue, headache, nausea or vomiting, unusual shortness of breath and a rapid pulse.

It’s usually caught and treated in the mild stage, but severe AMS symptoms include chest tightness or congestion, a bluish tint to the skin, cough, confusion, inability to walk a straight line and coughing up blood. Needless to say, it can become life threatening if left untreated properly by medical personnel.

High altitudes can be serious business, as they can severely effect people with otherwise healthy lungs. If you’re using an oxygen concentrator, this can give you a good buffer for dealing with the thinner air of higher altitudes. If you’re talking about traveling up into the mountains, however, you will need to take some precautions.

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Portable Oxygen Concentrators for People on the Go

Portable Oxygen Concentrators for People on the Go

Portable oxygen concentrators were made for those who want or need to be able to leave home while still receiving the oxygen therapy they need. However, some portable oxygen concentrators do make it easier for you to get around, either because they have better battery power, or they can still deliver a higher flow of oxygen, while being smaller than previous models.

Portable oxygen concentrators are making it easier for oxygen therapy users to be active. They’re a huge leap forward, when previously their only logical alternative for leaving home while receiving oxygen, was with oxygen tanks. With oxygen concentrators, however, you’re saving money in the long run. Instead of having oxygen refills delivered to your door step, the oxygen is taken from the air around you. Why order oxygen when you can just use the abundance that is already in the air?

Some of the best oxygen concentrators for people on the go, are some of the smallest, which can deliver medical grade oxygen at a high purity, with great battery life. Here are some of the smallest that fit into that criteria. As long as the oxygen settings put out enough to meet your oxygen needs, these will be perfect to add to your active lifestyle.

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