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The topic of "inhaling oxygen is more refreshing than drinking coffee"
It has aroused heated discussions among netizens.
Reporter on the e-commerce platform
Search for keywords such as "oxygen",
The page will pop up
Household oxygen concentrators, portable oxygen bottles and other products.
Many businesses even claim these oxygen products
Suitable for students, office workers, the elderly and other groups,
Some even sold hundreds of thousands of orders
After searching for related topics such as "oxygen" and "refreshment" on social networking platforms, the reporter found that many netizens were sharing their experience of using oxygen concentrators or oxygen tanks.
Some netizens said that oxygen intake does have a refreshing effect, but some people said that they were recommended or purchased by others, and the effect was not obvious.
The reporter then logged on to a number of e-commerce platforms and found that there were multiple brands of portable oxygen cylinders on sale, with prices ranging from a dozen yuan to dozens of yuan. Most products claim to have a purity of more than 99%, suitable for the elderly, pregnant women, students, white-collar workers and other people. ”
In addition to portable oxygen cylinders, some e-commerce platforms are also selling household oxygen concentrators and special "elderly machines". The price ranges from a few hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, of which the oxygen generator with a price of about 3,000 yuan is sold more hot.
Customer service staff of a platform medical device chain store: The price of the best selling product is about 3,000 yuan, it is silent, with oxygen concentration monitoring, pregnant women or normal people can use it, and there will be no oxygen poisoning.
Experts remind against blind supplementation
Portable oxygen cylinders, household oxygen concentrators and other products spread rapidly on social media, attracting many white-collar workers and test preparers to follow the trend to buy, but as the platform personnel claimed that "pregnant women and normal people can use, there will be no oxygen poisoning" of these oxygen products, is it really so good?
After reviewing relevant reports, the reporter found that some consumers suffered from dry cough and even symptoms of oxygen poisoning such as bronchial edema and erosion due to excessive oxygen intake, and were diagnosed with pulmonary oxygen poisoning after going to the hospital for examination.
Li Feng, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of the Chest Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine: Oxygen poisoning may first manifest as eye discomfort, such as blurred vision or eye pain. Then there will be brain discomfort, such as nausea, vomiting and even coma. The respiratory system will also cause pulmonary edema due to oxygen inhalation into the lungs, which may be manifested as cough, chest tightness, chest pain, etc. Ordinary people refer to pulse oxygen saturation is about 97%, higher than 93% oxygen intake cut-off value, in most cases there is no lack of oxygen, if blind supplementation, symptoms of oxygen poisoning may occur. For pregnant women who need supplemental oxygen as advertised by businesses, they need to be cautious.
Li Feng, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Chest Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine: If pregnant women do not have asthma and do not have other diseases, oxygen is not recommended if there is no lack of oxygen. Because pregnant women take high concentrations of oxygen, it can cause vision problems in the fetus.
When interviewed, the reporter found that many businesses advertised that the elderly need oxygen as a selling point of their products. Experts told reporters that whether the elderly need oxygen can not be generalized, if there is chronic coronary heart disease, COPD and other chronic hypoxia, you can take oxygen under the guidance of a doctor.
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