Hydrogen Gas Breathing Helps COVID-19 Patients Breathe Better
- Authors
- Wei-Jie Guan, Chun-Hua Wei, Ai-Lan Chen, Xiao-Cong Sun, Gaung-Yun Guo, Xu Zou, Jin-Dong Shi, Pei-Zhen Lai, Ze-Guang Zheng, Nan-Shan Zhong
- Journal
- Journal of Thoracic Disease
- Year
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.21037/jtd-2020-062
- Study Type
- clinical
- Peer Reviewed
- Yes
- Country
- China
- Health Condition
- COVID-19
- Body System
- Respiratory
TL;DR
Scientists found that letting COVID-19 patients breathe in a special mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gas might help them breathe easier and feel less sick. This could be a helpful extra treatment to try alongside other COVID treatments, though researchers need to study it more carefully to be sure it really works.
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Summary
Researchers conducted a multicenter clinical trial to test whether breathing hydrogen/oxygen mixed gas could help COVID-19 patients. The study found that this gas therapy improved both disease severity and dyspnea (breathing difficulties) in coronavirus patients. This suggests hydrogen/oxygen gas inhalation may serve as a beneficial supportive treatment for respiratory complications associated with COVID-19. The therapy appears to help patients breathe more easily and potentially reduce overall illness severity. However, this is an erratum publication, meaning the complete study details and methodology are not fully available, limiting our ability to assess the full clinical significance of these promising findings.
Abstract
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