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 ====== Supplemental oxygen ======
-Some patients with obstructive lung diseases have trouble getting enough oxygen by breathing normally. For these patients, a prescription for **supplemental oxygen** should be seriously considered. Supplemental oxygen may be useful or necessary in some cases even though it may be needed only for a few hours a day for a few months. Some patients may need oxygen when [[home:othertreatments:oxygen:flying|flying]] or at high altitude.
+Some patients with obstructive lung diseases have trouble getting enough oxygen by breathing normally. For these patients, a prescription for supplemental oxygen should be seriously considered. Supplemental oxygen may be useful or necessary in some cases even though it may be needed only for a few hours a day for a few months. Some patients may need oxygen when [[home:othertreatments:oxygen:flying|flying]] or at high altitude.
 Patients must have a prescription from a doctor for oxygen therapy in order to get it. The prescription will include how much oxygen a patient should have and how often. Patients may need supplemental oxygen during certain activities, such as sleeping or exercising, or they may need it all of the time.
 While [[antidepressants|various techniques]] can help improve breathing, when correctly administered, oxygen may help resolve problematic symptoms like disconcerting shortness of breath, chest pain and low pulse/oximeter readings. Supplemental oxygen can be dangerous when [[home:othertreatments:oxygen:safety|certain safety precautions]] aren't followed. Always use oxygen as directed by one's physician.
 ===== Rationale for use =====
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-Sarcoidosis patients with extensive pulmonary fibrosis should be aware that they may experience ongoing bouts of pulmonary immunopathology – which includes extreme shortness of breath – as the fibrotic collagen remodels. Remodelling occurs as the the vitamin D metabolites normalize, for much the same reason as arthritic joints recover during the several years of Phase Three.
+Sarcoidosis patients with extensive pulmonary fibrosis should be aware that they may experience ongoing bouts of pulmonary immunopathology – which includes extreme shortness of breath – as the fibrotic collagen remodels. Remodelling occurs as the vitamin D metabolites normalize, for much the same reason as arthritic joints recover during the several years of Phase Three.
 Those who have been on 24/7 oxygen should be encouraged to keep the concentrator handy for a year or two into Phase Three, out of an abundance of caution.

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