Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a 300 year old treatment using the most natural medication--oxygen itself.
Oxygen is delivered continuously to tissues and cells by being incorporated into the hemoglobin contained in our red cells.
Normally, hemoglobin is almost 100% saturated with oxygen, derived through the lungs which ingest oxygen from the atmosphere. 20% of earth's atmosphere is oxygen.
When tissues and cells obtain too little or no oxygen, hyperbaric oxygen is used, as the oxygen molecules are 10 times more abundant than in the atmosphere, and the oxygen is administered at higher atmospheric pressure--up to three times higher than normal.
At normal atmospheric pressure, gases will not dissolve in liquids. But with carbonated beverages, for example, carbon dioxide is added under pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy applies oxygen under pressure in a similar fashion.
In the human body, with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, oxygen dissolves in all of the body's fluids--plasma, cerebrospinal fluid in the brain and spinal cord, and in the lymph.
In the carbonization of beverages, carbon dioxide is dissolved in the drink. When poured into a glass, gas bubbles escape from the soda, causing "fizz."
Oxygen delivered under appropriate pressure is a remarkable and versatile treatment. Severe wound healing is accelerated at least 30 times. New blood vessels are formed.
Hyperbaric oxygen brings oxygen to parts of the body suffering from impaired circulation. For that reason, it is useful for people who have suffered from strokes.
Additionally, other problems result from a lack of oxygen--heart disease, circulatory disorders, carbon monoxide poisoning, diabetic ulcers, memory loss, burns and wounds.
The treatment causes no pain or discomfort to the patient. Each treatment lasts one to two hours in a sealed chamber. Up to 40 treatments can be used. During therapy, the patient can watch TV, listen to music, read, or simply rest.
The safety and usefulness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for almost 200 diverse conditions has been demonstrated in more than 30,000 scientific studies over the past 60 years.
At best, there are only 330 hyperbaric oxygen chambers in the United States, most in hospitals which limited them to 14 Medicare-approved uses.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, then, is substantially underutilized, but at NeoGENESIS, it is used when the physicians expect that it will produce positive benefits.
Ask the physicians at NeoGENESIS if you would benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy.