What are some specific medical benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a medical treatment by which oxygen is administered at greater than normal pressure to a patient in order to treat specific medical indications. Long established as the primary therapy in the treatment of medical disorders such as carbon monoxide poisoning and gas gangrene, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is now increasingly being used on an adjunctive basis in the management of a variety of disorders refractory to standard medical and surgical care. HBOT has been shown to be particularly effective in treating problem wounds, chronic bone infections and radiation injury. The ultimate mechanism of HBOT is to furnish free molecular oxygen to hypoxic tissues. With this delivery it is immediately available for metabolic use without energy exchange. During Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, the amount of oxygen available to hypoxic tissues can be increased up to 15 times the normal level found in the body. In HBO therapy, the entire patient is placed in a specially des
