Other respiratory therapies

As well as the main home respiratory therapies, OXIGEN salud can offer a range of others:

Carboxytherapy

This therapy is used to improve the condition of patients with brain ischemia, sudden deafness and other diseases. It causes the blood vessels in the central nervous system to dilate. OXIGEN salud can come to the patient’s home to install compressed gas cylinders containing a certain mixture of CO₂ and O₂. The usual proportion of CO₂ is 20 %, though other mixtures may be used. These cylinders and accessories are similar to those used in oxygen therapy.

Heliotherapy

This therapy consists of administering a mixture of helium and oxygen to treat conditions that reduce the diameter and resistance of the airways, such as severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiolitis and croup.

The diameter of the airways and the density of the gas inhaled determine the airway resistance. When the helium and oxygen are breathed in, the airway resistance is lower, because the density of the mixture is lower than that of air (a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and argon).

For this treatment, OXIGEN salud can come to the patient’s home to install compressed gas cylinders containing a certain mixture of helium and oxygen.