Oxygen kits to help you self-treat your breathing ailment at home or work

The devices come in handly if you have respiratory issues like COPD, asthma or sleep apnea. But if it is Covid-19, go straight to an authorised hospital

An authority no less than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oxygen therapy for adults with impaired breathing. The advice has acquired greater significance with the rapid spread of Covid-19, a disease characterised by severe, and in some cases, life-threatening breathlessness brought on by depleting levels of oxygen in the blood stream. Signs that you aren't getting enough oxygen range from rapid breathing, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate, coughing or wheezing, sweating and even changes in skin colour.

What exactly is oxygen therapy? According to Harish Chafle, Consultant Intensivist and Chest Physician, Global Hospital, Mumbai, “The therapy involves giving