How does mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy exactly work?
Mild Hyperbaric oxygen chambers are simple enclosures, which can be pressurized to allow the person inside to experience atmospheric pressures greater than the normal environmental pressures. Inside the hyperbaric chamber the barometric pressure is increased, making air denser, which provides more oxygen molecules per unit. This saturation of oxygen in the blood’s plasma allows the extra oxygen to be diffused or transported to the surrounding body tissues and thus available for use by the cells as needed. How is the use of mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy different from oxygen in normal atmosphere? The normal use of oxygen forces oxygen into the red blood cells only, which usually carry oxygen. However, the administration of high-pressure oxygen forces oxygen into the blood plasma, the liquid part of the blood, which normally doesn’t carry this life giving gas (oxygen).
