Question 1

are there any dangers of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbaric: There are complications that can be associated with this very safe therapy. Some include: anxiety from claustrophia; inability to clear the middle ears resulting in barotrauma (treated with insertion of ear tubes so that the therapy can continue); and oxygen seizures, which has no long-term consequences. These and other complications should be reviewed with the hyperbaric physician & technician.

Question 2

is hyperbaric oxygen therapy dangerous to those with copd?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes: Since you are under increased atmoshpheric pressure in a hyperbaric chamber, there is increased pressure in the lungs. If one has COPD with blebs, (fragile air-filled sacks of air) the pressure could cause the lung to leak into the chest cavity and to collapse.

Question 3

what is hyperbaric oxygen therapy (hbot)?

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A therapy: Hbot is breathing 100% oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure. This is performed in a chamber specifically built for this purpose. It's basic affect is to increase the  oxygen content of the body, which produces many benefits. Clinically, we use it for a wide variety of conditions, ranging from infections to any type of tissue damage.

Question 4

can you explain hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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Concentrated Oxygen : Hyperbaric oxygen (hbo) is a treatment designed to deliver high concentrations of oxygen to very specific types of wounds.  The patient is placed in a pressurized chamber (2x room pressure) which dissolves o2 into the plasma to help kill bacteria, maintain circulation to damaged tissue and reduce swelling.  There are only a few proven indications for therapy (see uhms.Org).

Question 5

who benefits  in a hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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Depends: The answer will vary depending upon who you ask.  Proponents of hyperbaric therapy will claim it will cure hair loss and improve your sex life, and opponents will claim that it has no value.  Certainly patients with nitrous oxide poisoning benefit and there is data to suggest that some forms of osteomyelitis improve outcome when this is added.  There are other uses but too much for here.

Question 6

could hyperbaric oxygen therapy make us age slower?

Accepted Answer

No: I presume the answer is no as there is no scientific study related to this issue. In fact high oxygen flow for too long can cause inflammation in the lungs and that's studied. For normal people, there is enough oxygen in the air.

Question 7

what exactly is involved in hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbaric oxygen: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is delivered in a chamber. It can be single person chamber or a multiplace chamber. 100% oxygen is delivered within the chamber under pressures equal to 2 to 2.5 atmospheres of pressure depending on the medical problem that you physician is treating. This is equal to 33 feet of seawater in pressure. The treatments last two to 2.5 hours; they are done daily.

Question 8

what treatments can be helped by hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbaric oxygen: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment is a process where a person is placed in a room or chamber with high pressurized 100% oxygen. This delivers high levels of oxygen to the person and can be used to treat slow or difficult to heal wounds like diabetic or infected wounds. It can be a means to improve healing, to try to prevent the loss of an extremity, or treat serious wound sepsis.

Question 9

what is the definition or description of: hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

Accepted Answer

High pressure oxygen: The patient is in a chamber that allows for the administration of oxygen under high pressure. This therapy can bring oxygen to tissues that may need extra oxygen for healing.

Question 10

what is hyperbaric oxygen therapy? what is it and what does it treat?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbaric : Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (hbot) is the use of oxygen as a medication to treat certain disorders. The theory behind hbot is that the oxygen must be breathed while the body is exposed to pressures higher than sea level pressure. This allows more oxygen to be dissolved in the body's bloodstream. This is different than topical oxygen therapy (topox), which does not operate according to the same principles. One can think of oxygen as being the medication and the hyperbaric oxygen chamber as the pill, or injection, by which you are given the medication.

It has been classically used to treat scuba divers who have decompression sickness, but has also been used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning and patients with certain wounds that are not healing because the tissue is not getting enough oxygen. There are many different ways that the body responds to oxygen, and there is not enough space to describe them fully. You can follow this link to the undersea and hyperbaric medicine society for more information regarding the use of hbot.

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