COPD treatment
What is COPD?
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a life-threatening disease that damages the patient’s lungs as it progressively decreases the lungs’ ability to absorb oxygen. This disease may develop due to exposure to air pollution, exposure to harmful substances at work, bad habits such as smoking, viral, bacterial or genetic diseases affecting the respiratory system.
COPD is a term that includes two conditions- emphysema and chronic bronchitis:
- Emphysema– The lung tissue is made up of myriads of tiny elastic air sacs (alveoli), in which the oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange occurs. Emphysema is a result of the walls defining the alveoli getting damaged, leading to fewer and larger air sacs. As a result, the efficiency of the gas exchange in the lungs is significantly reduced.
- Chronic bronchitis– In this condition, the lining of the airways is inflamed, this causes the lining to swell. Excess of thick mucus forms in the airways, making it hard to breathe.
COPD is the 3rd cause of death in the US, as up until now it had no cure. To date, medical treatment of this condition can only slow down its progression, but not cure it. As this condition is degenerative, the patient’s lung capacity gets worse and worse until ultimately the patient becomes completely dependent on oxygen supply, unable to leave his house, and, eventually, the patient will die without lung transplant.
New breakthrough solution by ZMedicAir offers an innovative singlet oxygen treatment to relieve the COPD symptoms and accelerate its recovery process.
COPD symptoms
COPD patients might experience the following symptoms:
- Shortness of breath- Especially during physical activities. As the disease progresses, this can happen even during rest.
- Chronic Cough: A persistent cough that may produce mucus (sputum).
- Wheezing
- Chest tightness
- Frequent Respiratory Infections: Increased susceptibility to colds, flu, and other respiratory infections.
- Difficulty performing physical activity
- Chronic exhaustion
As the disease worsens, even simple activities such a short walk or getting up from a chair, may become challenging.
New hope for COPD patients using singlet oxygen
Now, the ZMedicAir device is changing this reality. It converts ambient triplet oxygen into highly reactive singlet oxygen. Breathing low levels of singlet oxygen triggers the body’s natural healing and protective mechanisms, accelerating its recovery. The triplet oxygen to singlet oxygen conversion process is natural, non-radiative or complex apparatus and done in low levels, making it safe to use the device for 24 hours a day. Moreover, the ZMedicAir device requires no additional accessories to use it.
Patients’ experience
Patients exposed to singlet oxygen-enriched air reported on experiencing improvement in their condition within days of use. The patients treated were mostly in the late stages of the disease, being incapable of doing the simplest of tasks like walking and talking for long. The shortest exertion resulted in low oxygen blood saturation, requiring frequent oxygen supplementation. This condition greatly affected the patients’ life quality as it made them mostly stationary, incapable of working or traveling.
Within days of starting the singlet oxygen usage, the patients’ condition dramatically improved. Patients reported on easier breathing, being able to exert themselves for longer periods of time without requiring oxygen supplementation. Within a few weeks, patients started working and traveling again.
Spirometry tests done after a month of using the device have shown a significant improvement in the patients’ lungs capacity, a previously unheard-of effect. Meaning, the improvement in the patients’ condition stems from the recovery of the lung tissue due to the singlet oxygen use. There is no other non-invasive solution available today that can achieve similar effect.
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