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| Originally Posted by milldog I disagree here completely there are cases of this occurring in O2 bars in Florida!! and they don't open 24 hours.
this can manifest in 1 minute or 5000 minutes
Graham |
Hi
Did a google on this and the only mention I saw of oxygen bars was that the guy didn't think it would be a risk as exposure is low (unless you are an o2 addict I guess
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If the condition is caused by alveoli getting clogged up/ destroyed by mucus etc. then it sounds very much like the medical name for what we call pulmonary toxicity, which probably includes a whole host of specifically named maldies, but which does only occur after prolonged exposures.
Here is the link I found, which has the paragraph you quoted verbatim
Re: Re: effects of breathing 'pure' Oxygen
It seems to me that it is more beneficial to keep the o2 exposures to relatively short, but intense periods, rather than maintaining a relatively high exposure for a longer period of time over the whole dive.
Andy