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I'm pretty sure that's what caused my blindness. My dad has even told me that he remembers thinking at the time that 100% oxygen wasn't a good idea. I'm kind of
by lhamil64 3y ago
I'm pretty sure that's what caused my blindness. My dad has even told me that he remembers thinking at the time that 100% oxygen wasn't a good idea. I'm kind of lucky though that only one retina fully detached. They were able to save one eye, so I have some vision at least.
- taxicabjesus 3y agoThe tragedy of #OxygenToxicity is that the antidote was known, and was becoming normal medicine, but got forgotten around 1950/1960. The tragedy of 2020 is how the doctors tried to help their patients with toxic amounts of oxygen. I referred to that episode as the tragedy of #MedicalHyperventilation. I’m optimistic that regeneration will be the next breakthrough in medicine.