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| English: Main symptoms of oxygen toxicity. (See Wikipedia:Oxygen#Toxicity). Model: Mikael Häggström. To discuss image, please see Template talk:Häggström diagrams References medIND journals > Oxygen Toxicity By Dharmeshkumar N Patel, Ashish Goel, SB Agarwal, Praveenkumar Garg, Krishna K Lakhani. Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicin. Vol. 4, No. 3. July-September 2003 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
None of us can live without breathing oxygen. But, too much oxygen can actually harm the body. You might have seen doctors giving oxygen in certain emergencies,such as severe lung disease. However, that is nearly five times the normal concentration of oxygen in the air. If one continuously beathe 100 percent oxygen for a prolonged time, it would cause accumulation of fluid in the lungs,collapse of air sacs etc. Much lower oxygen concentrations are used for prolonged treatment in hospitals.
