What is hypoxia? What if there's no oxygen?
Hypoxia refers to the insufficient oxygen supply of body tissues and organs, which can not maintain normal physiological functions of the human body. Hypoxia can be caused by environmental factors, anemia, heart disease, lung disease, brain disease, etc.
- Environmental factors
If the patient lives in an environment with no air circulation for a long time, it may lead to a reduction in the amount of oxygen in the body, resulting in hypoxia. It is recommended that patients stay away from the environment without circulation in time, and can be relieved by inhaling oxygen.
- Anemia
Anemia is a condition in which the number of red blood cells in the body decreases, resulting in an inadequate supply of oxygen to the blood, resulting in a lack of oxygen to the body. It is recommended that patients can use drugs under the guidance of a doctor. Diet can be appropriate to eat iron rich foods, such as pig liver, pig blood and so on.
- Heart disease
Heart disease refers to the damage to the structure and function of the heart, resulting in abnormal heart pumping function, which can not fully discharge the blood from the venous return to the heart, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the heart, causing hypoxia.
- Lung disease
If the patient has lung diseases, such as pneumonia, emphysema, etc., it may lead to ventilation or air exchange dysfunction of the lungs, so that the body has a lack of oxygen. It is recommended that patients can use drugs under the guidance of a doctor for anti-infection treatment. At the same time, it can also be treated by inhaling oxygen.
- Brain disease
If the patient has brain diseases, such as brain tumors, cerebral hemorrhage, etc., it may lead to brain tissue damage, resulting in hypoxia.
The methods of rapid oxygen recovery include cleaning the respiratory tract, getting out of the hypoxic environment, oxygen therapy, ventilator assisted ventilation, treating the primary disease, etc., usually pay attention to indoor ventilation.
1, clean up the respiratory tract: in the absence of oxygen to clean up the secretions in the mouth and nose in time, keep the respiratory tract smooth, to avoid the situation of respiratory blockage.
2, out of the hypoxic environment: if the oxygen content in the environment is relatively thin, it will cause the body hypoxia, to get out of the hypoxic environment as soon as possible, generally can alleviate the symptoms of hypoxia.
3, oxygen therapy: if suffering from emphysema, pneumonia and other diseases, due to respiratory tract stenosis or ventilation dysfunction, it will lead to hypoxia, oxygen therapy can be taken, the use of nasal catheter, mask and other oxygen supply, improve blood oxygen content, alleviate hypoxia symptoms.
4, ventilator assisted ventilation: If the respiratory function is seriously damaged, can not breathe autonomously, can use ventilator assisted ventilation, increase lung ventilation volume, improve respiratory function.
5, the treatment of the primary disease: many diseases can lead to low blood oxygen, such as severe pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc., if the primary disease can not be controlled, only to correct the hypoxia, there will soon be low blood oxygen, it is recommended to actively treat the primary disease.
It is recommended to avoid strenuous exercise in life, pay more attention to rest, wear a mask when going out, and have more ventilation indoors. If the body has an abnormal reaction, it should be actively treated.
