Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Oxygen Toxicity: Too much of a good thing!

Oxygen toxicity results from breathing in high concentrations of oxygen.  Severe cases of oxygen toxicity can result in death.  Oxygen destabilizes cell membranes and causes free radicals that can do cellular damage.  

It can affect multiple body systems- Notably, oxygen toxicity can affect the (read more here! http://www.carpentercprsolutions.com/-blog/oxygen-toxicity)