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What are the effects of the hyperbaric oxygen chamber?

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Oxygen/blood supply: Best would be to look online-- in short, the pressure forces more oxygen into solution( in blood), and this non-cellular part of the blood, plasma, can nourish parts of the skin etc that are fed by small vessels, where the cells, which usually carry most of the oxygen, are too big to reach. This, along with the formation of new blood vessels helps healing specific wounds. +++++.

Answered 5/12/2016

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Dr. Scott Bolhack answered

Specializes in Wound care

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.

Answered 11/27/2017

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

HBO: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be used to treat dive-related medical problems. In the case of air or gas embolism to the brain, it can reduce the size of the gas bubble as well as improving the blood’s ability to carry oxygen to tissues that need it. Once the bubble becomes small enough, it can be absorbed by the body. It is a mainstay for the treatment of decompression sickness. The treatmentsvv.

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It super-saturates: the tissues with oxygen which aids in the healing of wounds.

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