Hyperbaric oxygen therapy- a need or not?

In 1990’s many of us came across a picture of Michael Jackson in a chamber, guess were there stating it to be any treatment for anti aging or so. But it became clear when the idea of HBOT launched. HBOT for the Treatment of Stroke



(HBOT) involves the breathing of the pure oxygen gas when a sealed chamber found pressuring oxygen 1 1/2 to 3 times normal atmospheric pressure.



Uses and positive aspects ~





hyperbaric oxygen therapy found its use in …



• Treatment for decompression sickness(" the bends")

• High dosage poisoning of Carbon monoxide.

• Various types of skin injuries including radiation injuries.

• HBOT for the treatment of stroke is also vital



It has also been found destroying disease that causes micro organisms, curing out cancer and decreasing allergy symptoms. Many are of the opinion that it help in fighting against AIDS, arthritis, sports injuries, multiple sclerosis. List also includes autism, stroke, cerebral palsy, senility, cirrhosis, Lyme disease, and gastrointestinal ulcers and AIDS, arthritis, sports injuries, multiple sclerosis, autism, stroke, cerebral palsy, senility, cirrhosis, Lyme disease, and gastrointestinal ulcers and many more. Though FDA treated oxygen as a drug and without a prescription it must not be used-it opined.



HBOT for the treatment of stroke holds prime importance. Report says that it cured peoples aging above 60 years. Half or even full paralyzed peoples were found leading a normal life feeding themselves or getting slow but steady control over their body.



Existence of negative aspects~



Even with the so very advancement of science, in some fields, negativity still crops in. some problems that crept in are-



• Claustrophobia.

• Fatigue.

• Headache.

• Myopia (short-sightedness) lasting for about weeks or hardly months.

• Sinus damage.

• Ruptured middle ear.

• Lung damage.

• Oxygen toxicity can even result into fluid in lungs and respiratory failures in some cases.

• Sometimes severe congestive heart failure symptoms get worsened by HBOT.

• 80 deaths have been claimed worldwide due to the explosion in the hyperbaric chambers.