The season for traveling is upon us, the weather is warming up and traveling plans are beginning to set in motion!

Traveling is one of the most exciting and enjoyable things, whether you are traveling to go see friends and family or just taking a vacation to get away.

If you are a medical oxygen patient using a portable oxygen concentrator, there are a few tips to keep in mind when traveling to places with a higher elevation than what you are used too.

As the altitude increases the composition of air stays the same (79% nitrogen and 21% oxygen) but the abundance of air decreases. 

Upon your diagnosis of COPD your life immediately changes, how you let those changes affect you is 100% in your control.

Now the aspect of the course that COPD will take is of course out of your hands, however there are a few things that can be done to both better manage your COPD and most importantly help you breathe clearer and more efficiently.

Oxygen therapy is one of the leading treatment options for lung disease such as COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis as well as lung cancer.

Oxygen therapy can be delivered through the standard cumbersome oxygen tank, liquid oxygen, or through a portable or home oxygen concentrator.

All three options are viable but only one option will allow you to travel and move around with ease.

Portable oxygen concentrators are FAA approved to be used during air travel and no other oxygen delivery system is as light-weight and mobile as a portable oxygen concentrator.

Today we will be reviewing the multi-flow option Invacare SOLO2 portable oxygen machine.

This incredibly popular oxygen machine is packed full of features, and is ideal for the medical oxygen patient that requires pulse flow during the day and continuous at night but if a prescription calls for continuous flow 24/7, the SOLO2 can also handle that!

This is the perfect portable oxygen concentrator for the patient that likes to travel, because with the purchase of the Invacare SOLO2 a durable wheeled travel cart is included.

Today's post will be all about the incredibly popular and highly reliable Inogen One G2 portable oxygen concentrator. The G2 is for the medical oxygen patient that doesn't like to be confined to their home, and enjoy's traveling and socializing with friends. With the Inogen One G2 all those things can be accomplished with ease all while still receiving their prescribed amount of supplemental oxygen.

Exposure to harmful environmental pollutants or long term cigarette use is the cause for the majority of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosis's.

COPD is a lung disease that includes both emphysema and chronic bronchitis, which effects a persons ability to breathe regularly at times of rest and especially during times of peak physical activity.

If you are a medical oxygen patient currently undergoing oxygen therapy through a portable oxygen concentrator, and you are in the market for a new pulse flow oxygen concentrator then you won't want to miss this!

Inova Labs the company that brought you the LifeChoice and the LifeChoice Activox, have delivered yet again on their commitment to outstanding portable oxygen concentrators.  

The LifeChoice Activox Sport is a hot unit right now throughout the medical oxygen community, due to its extreme portability without weighing patients down as well as being loaded with tons of exciting and user-friendly features! 

Historically speaking, males have been smoking a lot longer than women have which is why men have always been at a higher risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

COPD as it is referred to throughout the medical field and between patients as a lung disease that is made up of either chronic bronchitis or emphysema that is mainly caused by smoking and other pollutants.

This progressive lung disease takes away patients ability to breathe clearly by blocking the lungs with mucus which restricts airflow.

On this section of our reviews we will be discussing and going over the AirSep FreeStyle 5 portable oxygen concentrator, brought to you by Chart Industries. The FreeStyle 5 is a versatile machine, that offers extreme portability as well as a battery life that will keep up with all of life's demands.