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… . COPD: Learning to Breathe Easier . Quitting Smoking . Oxygen Therapy: Using Oxygen at Home . COPD: Avoiding Your … From COPD Tips for Reducing Indoor Pollutants in Your Home Travelling With Oxygen Open/close information section … From COPD Tips for Reducing Indoor Pollutants in Your Home Travelling With Oxygen Open/close information section …
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… and left: The right side of your heart receives oxygen-poor blood from your veins and pumps it to your lungs to take up fresh oxygen. The left side of your heart receives oxygen-rich blood from your lungs and pumps it through your …
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… smoke. Smoking and second-hand smoke reduce the amount of oxygen in your bloodstream. Exercise safely. Rest when you … Strenuous exercise can cause dehydration and reduced oxygen levels in your blood. This may cause red blood cells … Stay safe at high altitudes and during air travel. Low oxygen levels caused by high altitudes and plane flights can …
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… of mucus has built up overnight (smoker's cough). The oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange The lungs are where the blood picks up oxygen to deliver throughout the body and where it disposes … of the alveoli. These are the tiny air sacs that allow oxygen to get into the blood. Their destruction leads to the …
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… need to protect yourself before you travel, while you are travelling and when you return home. Before travel At least … medication should be started at least one week before travelling. Make sure you are aware of the possible side … of getting seriously ill and dying from malaria. While travelling You need to take your anti-malaria medication for …
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… Altitude sickness occurs when you cannot get enough oxygen from the air at high altitudes. This causes symptoms … such as ibuprofen, acetazolamide, or dexamethasone before travelling to high altitudes. These medicines may prevent or … such as ibuprofen, acetazolamide, or dexamethasone before travelling to high altitudes. These medicines may prevent or …
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… exercise, and eat well. In time, you may need to use oxygen some or most of the time. People who have COPD are … to Feel Better Lung Problems: Learning to Breathe Easier Oxygen Therapy: Using Oxygen at Home Cause COPD is most often caused by smoking. …
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… Using a dry powder inhaler Nebulizer for COPD treatment Oxygen treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Oxygen therapy: Using oxygen at home Pulmonary rehabilitation Travelling with oxygen COPD flare-up action plan Patients …
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… blood from the heart to the lungs, where the blood picks up oxygen. The walls of the arteries may get thick, which … worse, such as sleep apnea. Talk with your doctor before travelling. Your doctor may suggest that you use oxygen if … worse, such as sleep apnea. Talk with your doctor before travelling. Your doctor may suggest that you use oxygen if …
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… results in shock . Blood loss can also reduce the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells in the blood, which may prevent enough oxygen from reaching the rest of the body. Whole blood is … of platelet loss. Anemia is a decrease in the number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells or a decrease in the amount …