Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Purified oxygen is breathed in a pressurized environment during hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Decompression sickness, which can occur while scuba diving, has a well-established treatment in the form of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. In Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) we expose the whole body to a high-pressure 100% pure oxygen for nearly 45 min to 1 hour in a pressurized (body) glass chamber. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat several medical conditions and medical institutions use it in different ways.
Some of the medical Conditions for which HBOT is recommended are as follows:
- Severe anemia
- Cerebral palsy
- Brain abscess
- Bubbles of air in blood vessels, known as arterial gas embolisms
- Burns, Bed Sores, Gangrene / non-healing wound
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Crushing injury
- Deafness, sudden
- Decompression sickness
- Gangrene
- Infection of skin or bone that causes tissue death
- Nonhealing wounds, such as a diabetic foot ulcer
- Radiation injury
- Skin graft or skin flap at risk of tissue death
- Traumatic brain injury
- Vision loss, sudden and painless
Benefits of HBOT:
- Allows oxygen to cross the blood-brain barrier effortlessly, providing a source of readily available molecular oxygen for immediate use by the brain tissue
- Help to Improve the availability of neurotransmitters
- Help to Improve the number of stem cells circulating in the Body
- Stimulates molecular and enzymatic changes, and increases the ability of white blood cells to remove foreign bodies from the bloodstream including bacteria, fungi, dead cells, and waste by-products
- Stimulates the process involved in the normal remodeling of bone
- Helps in increasing immune response
- Has potent anti-inflammatory effects
- Helps in increasing the healing factor (Growth factor) in the body
- Helps in the detoxification of the Body
This extra oxygen helps fight bacteria. It also triggers the release of substances called growth factors and stem cells, which promote healing. Your body’s tissues need an adequate supply of oxygen to function. When tissue is injured, it requires even more oxygen to survive. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases the amount of oxygen your blood can carry. With repeated treatments, the temporary extra high oxygen levels encourage normal tissue oxygen levels, even after the therapy is completed.
How Does HBOT Work?
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy helps wound healing by bringing oxygen-rich plasma to tissue starved for oxygen
- HBOT prevents "reperfusion injury”
- HBOT helps block the action of harmful bacteria and strengthens the body's immune system
- HBOT encourages the formation of new collagen and new skin cells
Conclusion:
You will probably need more than one session of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to experience its benefits. Your medical condition will determine how many sessions you will need. Treatment for some illnesses, such as carbon monoxide poisoning, may require three visits. Others, such as wounds that do not heal, may need 40 treatments or more. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is typically a component of a comprehensive treatment strategy to effectively treat recognized medical disorders. This program might incorporate additional treatments and medications made just for you.
