What is Helox's therapy?

Helox therapy is medical treatment using a mixture of helium and oxygen gases to alleviate the symptoms of various types of respiratory problems available to medical science since 1934. Helium has replaced nitrogen, which was used in earlier attempts as a load -bearing gas because it is less thick than nitrogen and allows easier breathing and absorption of oxygen into the bloodstream easier. The use of Helox therapy is also performed for conditions that do not include specific respiratory diseases, such as partial blockage of upper respiratory tract with cancer and neck swelling due to anaphylaxis or allergic reactions. High helium concentration is necessary, because anything below 60% causes a gas mixture to be too dense increased by significant opening of the airways. While treatment of Helox therapy is effective in alleviating a wide range of respiratory emergency conditions, it only treats effects and has no benefit in preventionthe positive causes of the condition. The use of Helox therapy is therefore often carried out in conjunction with the prescribed drug or other medical approaches such as surgery. One of the key advantages of Helox therapy, however, is that since 2011 no significant adverse side effects of treatment have been documented.

Several modern hospitals recognize the advantages of Helox therapy to the extent that the compressed gas cylinders Helox are at hand at hand for emergency respiratory conditions or regulators and other equipment for mixing gases from separate supplies. Respiratory therapists are trained when using the device by means of mechanical fan and in control of treatment with pulse oxymmetry to measure oxygen levels in the blood. Intubated and uninterrupted patients may be treated with heliox therapy, where intubation involves inserting a flexible tube into the larynx to serve gas. Research since 2002 with the treatment of infants with therapyII Helox, such as those that have acute bronchiolitis, also showed significant benefits. Infants from one month to two years showed improvement within one hour of treatment that reduced the risk of heart condition, such as tachycardia, fast heart rate and tachypnoea, which is too fast breathing.

Although the advantages of Helox therapy have been known since 2011, there are some disadvantages of treatment that may be unusual in some regions. Treatment management includes a certain level of expertise that is not always available, and Helox treatment equipment is expensive. There is also a debate on the advantages of helioxemic therapy in concentrations for gases, as they are administered, and for what condition some hospitals have ended from investment in treatment. Potential, although rare side effects of treatment could also include hypothermia if the gas mixture is below 96.8 ° Fahrenheite (36 ° Celsius) when administration, hypoxia if less than 20% of oxygen and possibility to deliver too much or too little volumegas for patient needs.