Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a well established treatment for decompression sickness a hazard of scuba diving.
Pure oxygen tank.
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We breathe air that is 21 percent oxygen and we require oxygen to live.
Oxygen tanks can start leaking creating an environment where the air is saturated with pure oxygen.
Other conditions treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy include serious infections bubbles of air in your blood vessels and wounds that won t heal as a result of diabetes or radiation injury.
To understand why you need to go into some detail.
There are two kinds of oxygen tanks one contains compressed oxygen and another contains liquid oxygen.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube.
So the short answer is pure oxygen is generally bad and sometimes toxic.
Oxygen tanks cylinders refine your choices.
Air that is enriched with oxygen increases the risk of fire.
Because oxygen induced fires burn hotter and faster than other fires it is more difficult to put them out.
Oxygen tanks or cylinders are generally made of steel or aluminum.