Can oxygen be used to treat chronic conditions like CFS, FMS and Gulf War Illness?
RESPONSE: Yes, oxygen, and expecially hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT, oxygen under pressure, usually in a chamber), has been used to treat chronic illnesses. At one of our affiliated clinics, Molecular Hyperbaric Medicine (www.o2med.com), we are examining the use of HBOT to treat ME/CFS, FMS and GWI in IRB-approved clinical trials. Often these illnesses have associated chronic, anaerobic infections that should respond to oxygen therapy. The oxygen therapy will be given along with antibiotics, and there is some evidence in the medical literature that combining antibiotic therapy with HBOT will yield a better result than antibiotics or HBOT alone.
