A 34-year-old member asked:
Is hyperbaric oxygen therapy {hbot} generally recommended to heal renal {kidney} disease?
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Dr. Mathew Sorensenanswered
Urology 24 years experience
No: Hyperbaric oxygen is used in a few llimited scenarios...But chronic or acute kidney disease are not one of those scenarios. That being said, I am sure there are some people out there doing it.
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Dr. Scott Bolhackanswered
Wound care 37 years experience
Hyperbaric oxygen: There are no controlled studies that hyperbaric oxygen helps with kidney disease. It is not even among those diagnoses approved by medicare for payment; thus, the patient and or their family will incur considerable costs for these treatments that have not been proven to help. More research needs to be completed before this can be recommended.
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
This is not an: Approved indication for hbot.
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A Verified Doctoranswered
38 years experience
I have never used: HBOT to treat renal diseases in my practice and don't know any where it is being used for the treatment of renal diseases.
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Last updated May 9, 2015
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