Hyperbaric Healing - Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric Healing is a short video on how hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps the patients at the Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC) in Plymouth, UK.

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• ddrc
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[peternubreed]

Is it possible to treat a patient who has been in prolonged anoxic coma for 4 months?

Does the treatment help in brain function or with the limb contractures?

[UKHYPERBARICS]

Yes it is possible to treat someone who has been in prolonged anoxic coma for 4 months with HBO - but the HBO Unit would need to be

specialised and able to handle this type of patient.

There is very little evidence that HBO therapy is useful in this condition; it may help brain function but would not help the

contractures. Quite a lot of work has been done on the use of HBO for Stroke, but there is no clear evidence that it use is worthwhile.

[iamben24]

hav u ny idea there any hyberbaric centre in ireland?

and is it heelpful for venous ulcers?

how many sessions will one hafta undergo n how long does each session last?

[UKHYPERBARICS]

There are 3 chambers in Ireland that we are aware of these being in Dublin, Galway and Craigavon (NI).

[UKHYPERBARICS]

Compression bandaging is much better as a first line therapy for Venous leg ulcers than HBO. It is much cheaper and less time consuming and heals approx 75% of Venous leg ulcers which are often caused by poor venous return from the legs. Therefore we would not suggest HBO as a first line therapy for Venous leg ulcers, however it may be useful when used adjunctively with bandaging if there is failure to heal in 12+ weeks of bandaging alone.

[UKHYPERBARICS]

Patients may have to have between 20-40 sessions each lasting up to 90mins of oxygen breathing at the treatment pressure.

[peternubreed]

Thanks for the response!

I've heard that there is another form of HBO

which rises the blood oxigene level to above 90percent by giving pure oxigene to breath or something I dont no exactly.

Does anyone know about this?

[xristov11]

I am an multiple sclerosis patient and have been having oxygen treatment every week for 20 years.

No need for a mono chamber. 60 centres with multiplace chambers.

Regards

Christopher

[iamben24]

thankz a lot.......

any website for dos chambers?

tht was helpful.......

am a nurse and in my experience,most of da venous(arterial)ulcers take months to heal....esp in da elderly....

so i was jus wonderin abt da alternatives available

thnx a lot