What is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)?

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a method of administering pure oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure to a patient in order to improve or correct certain conditions.

The air we normally breathe is 21% oxygen and at the atmospheric pressure in which we live (1 ATA), this oxygen is almost exclusively carried by the red blood cells. During HBOT, when pure oxygen is administered at greater than atmospheric pressure, there is a substantial increase in the amount of oxygen carried in all body fluids including plasma, cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord, lymph and intracellular fluids. This allows increased oxygen levels even in areas with poor or compromised blood supply as well as in areas of tissue damage.

Benefits of HBOT

Increasing the tissue oxygen levels produces several important long term therapeutic benefits, including enhanced growth of new blood vessels, increased ability of white blood cells to destroy bacteria and remove toxins, increased growth of fibroblasts (cells involved in wound healing) and enhanced metabolic activity of previously marginally functioning cells including brain neurons.

Responsive Conditions:

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been demonstrated to be beneficial for almost 200 diverse conditions, ranging from stroke recover, circulatory disorders, heart disease, infections and an adjunct in the treatment of aids and cancer. All conditions HBOT is used for have one thing in common: the affected areas are not getting enough life-sustaining oxygen.

Traumatology

Crush injuries
Compartment syndrome
Soft tissue musculoskeletal injuries
Closed and open head injury

Orthopedic Disorders

Fracture repair (all stages) delayed and non-union
Bone grafts
Aid to prosthesis rehabilitative care
Acute and chronic spinal instability
Sacroiliac syndrome
Osteoporosis
Disc protrusion (single, multi-level)
Post-surgical instability
Degenerative joint disease (single, multi-level)
Inflammatory arthritis

Neurological Disorders

Spinal cord neuropathy due to crush and neurovascular degeneration
Peripheral nerve injury and neuropathies (crush, demylination)
Closed head impact injury (brain damage)
Cerebral edema
Migraine
Brain abscess
Cerebrovascular stroke (acute and chronic stages)
Multiple sclerosis
Multi infarct dementia
Cerebral palsy, epilepsy due to hypoxia

Cardiac Disorders

Aid to cardiac surgery and rehabilitation
Coronary heart disease (angina pectoris, myocardial ischemia)
Heart insufficiency (post surgical)
Heart contractile dysfunction

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Non healing, delayed wounds
Aid to survival skin flaps with marginal circulation
Aid to re-implantation surgery
Aid to burns treatment

Peripheral Vascular Disorders

Delayed wounds, recurrent ulcers, infection
Acute and chronic arterial insufficiency

Heamatology

Sickle cell crisis
Acute and chronic blood loss anemia

Radiosensitivity

Enhancement of radio-sensitivity of malignant tumors

Ophthalmology

Central retinal artery occlusion

Otorhinolaryngology

Sudden deafness
Labyrinthitis
Meniere’s disease

Gastrointestinal

Gastric and duodenal ulcers
Necrotising enterocolitis
Paralytic ileus
Pneumotoides cystoides intestinalis
Hepatitis

Endocrine Disorders

All stages of diabetes

Lung Disorders

Lung abscess