To ask if anyone knows about using an oxygen canister at home - bought off internet and love to know how people use and what results you get

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Hi - this is a new world for me.

I've just had an operation and am not healing as fast as they would hope - wound site still inflamed.

And I gather oxygen in the blood helps! So I bough a canister off the internet from a reputable company and have been breathing in 10 breathes twice a day.

Does anyone on here use oxygen canisters for anything? I gather people use for sport? feeling tired? other stuff?

Three questions:

1. How do you use it
2. What sort of results do you get
3. And have you heard of people using it to help them heal?

Aah crosspost!

Make sure you dispose of the canister responsibly, OP.

OP, your red blood cells can only carry a certain amount of oxygen. Each cell can only carry 4 oxygen molecules. When the red blood cells are carrying as much oxygen as they can, this is called 100% oxygen saturation, i.e. your red blood cells are saturated with oxygen and cannot hold any more.

Most healthy non-elderly adults have oxygen saturations of 99%-100% when breathing room air (which is 21% oxygen). This means that their blood cannot carry any more oxygen. You could spend all day breathing in 100% oxygen through a canister and it wouldn't make any difference - except to your bank balance and your risk of unexpectedly blowing up if someone lights a cigarette

There are some circumstances where other factors come into play, like atmospheric pressure, which is why hyperbaric chambers can potentially help wound healing. However this is more to do with how much oxygen leaves the blood cells and goes to the wounded area, not to the amount of oxygen you are breathing in. If your oxygen saturations are already around 100% in air, using an oxygen canister at normal atmospheric pressure will make sod all difference to the amount of oxygen going to your wound.

Teddypicker1 and oxygen isn’t flammable either.

Teddypicker1 and oxygen isn’t flammable either

Do you want to see what happens if you have a high oxygen environment and an ignition source?

Oxygen needs to be prescribed, you should not ever use it unless directed by your GP

chomalungma - it’s basic science. Oxygen is an oxidiser and aids combustion, it isn’t itself flammable.

SteeperThanHell thank you for that important distinction The ultimate risk is the same - much higher risk of fire/explosion.

Oxygen is an oxidiser and aids combustion, it isn’t itself flammable

Thanks for scienceplaining.

You would still agree that a high oxygen environment and a naked flame is not a good idea?

Dyrne - I agree, it is an important distinction - there is an increased risk if not used correctly, which is why a safety briefing is important and the fire service need to be aware that there are pressurised canisters present, but you cannot burn oxygen.

chomalungma - you’re very welcome

How utterly ridiculous people can be! Beyond belief that anyone could do this.

I have a carer living with us at the moment and she brought with her a cough and cold and she is furious that a doctor would not give her antibiotics, describing him as "mean." I have explained to her several times (because I am getting bored with hearing it) that antibiotics do not kill viruses, but she just drones on and on about how awful this doctor is. I am truly mind-boggled by how stupid some people can be; but this oxygen canister story takes the biscuit.

ou’re very welcome

Can you do Boyles Law next?

What a load of hot air

What a load of hot air

Unless they've got themselves some liquid oxygen ....

Anyone else hope OP accidentally bought NO2 cannisters instead and is getting high in a corner somewhere?

The OP is presumably referring to this type of thing

www.oxygenplus.com/blogs/articles/what-is-canned-oxygen-and-when-do-you-use-it

in contrast to other oxygen delivery systems in the United States and other countries, canned oxygen does not require an individual to sit still or be tied to a machine, insert a cannula,

What?

There is always a budding Darwin Award candidate trying to dazzle humanity in new and wondrous ways!

@AnyFucker 😂😂😂

Can you do Boyles Law next?

About 37 minutes in. Hear it from bananaman...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ozVaHgQ0mk

A man I know doing exactly this. He said the doctor told him 'he wasn't breathing enough' so he started taking oxygen himself.

I am thinking the doctor meant he should do deep breathing exercises and not go off and buy oxygen, but it's making him happy I suppose.

Anyway, regarding the wound healing, (don't laugh now) but I read about chopped up onions (near the patient in the room) can really help with healing wounds. There was a study about it, it was really interesting. It might be worth a shot, and won't do any harm. Good luck anyway.

Going to give a change of response, think we are all clear O2 off the internet is an unwise idea, OP have you looked into other holistic treatments to aid wound healing, such as diet. High levels of protein are needed in the body for wound healing, you might want to speak to a dietitian (not nutritionist) for their advice. Yes O2 is essential in wound healing, but unless you have a lung condition you should be getting enough through the air you breathe in.

One of my relatives managed to set fire to his face whilst on oxygen. (He smoked, wouldn’t listen about having to give up, then did it in secret)

It’s highly flammable stuff.

My mum has this for COPD. She is on level 2 and often has only oxygen levels in the 80% range.

Taking pure oxygen can actually cause you to get too much CO2 in the blood - especially if you don’t need it - and this can cause problems like those divers get called the bends.

For my mum oxygen gives her a quality of life to do things she otherwise can’t but there are side effects and she is closely monitored by an oxygen nurse who takes deep vein blood samples to monitor her CO2 levels.

On a flight this summer we were delayed because the airline needed to remove an oxygen canister from the hold! Some footballers were on the flight and had brought it with them!

It's beyond ridiculous, no?

Lol OP- O2 is given to raise your O2 saturation levels. If you’re between 95-100 (normal) on sats anyway you don’t need it. If your sats are low (85-95) then you need it and you’ll be prescribed it. If they’re very low (below 85) you’ll be hospitalised. Pure o2 is for when you have some sort of issue and you aren’t getting enough o2 into your blood so you need to increase the concentration. Normal air is around 40% o2- so if your sats are measuring low then you can breathe pure o2 in order to raise them, but if this is an issue, 10 huffs a day will do absolutely nothing, you need to be on it continually. If it’s not an issue then you don’t need to be on it all and 10 huffs a day will also do absolutely nothing 😂