What Is Hyperbaric Chamber Oxygen Therapy For Autism?

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"Over the years, medical researchers found a number of additional therapeutic uses for the chambers, which force large quantities of oxygen into the body very quickly. For example, hyperbaric therapy (HBOT) can speed the development of blood vessels, thus improving outcomes for certain types of wounds, gangrene, cardiac illnesses, and other conditions. Typically, HBOT is conducted in a hospital setting, in a large non-portable chamber, under high pressure.

In recent years, some doctors theorized that HBOT could improve symptoms of autism by increasing oxygen intake and thus reducing inflammation and hypo-perfusion (lack of oxygen) in the brain. Of course, there is no agreement within the scientific community that inflammation or lack of oxygen cause autism - or are even generally associated with autism.

Despite the lack of scientific evidence for HBOT as a useful treatment for autism, anecdotal evidence and word-of-mouth have made this an increasingly interesting option to parents of children with autism. ""Home"" oxygen chambers and expensive courses of HBOT treatment are being offered by various practitioners with anecdotal evidence of positive outcomes.

Because this treatment has not been scientifically verified, it seems premature to get involved. According to Rossignol, there are risks of side effects when using HPOT, including ear pain, reversible myopia (nearsightedness), and seizures. If parents do decide to consider HBOT before more research is completed, however, it makes sense to do so in the context of a formal autism clinic or children's hospital - both to ensure proper methodology and to reduce the risk of side effects.

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[austinrees]

@ScientiaVeritasEtLux Growing up with Cerebral Palsy, I was lucky that my parents didn't put me through similar hogwash. Its must be harder for parents of profoundly autistic children. I think that one of the problems is that the parents of autistic children, and disabled children in general, are so vulnerable to every sort of quackery. There needs to be more scientific information about disabilities and also a social dialog that talks about how the disabled are more than their condition.

[austinrees]

Utter Bullshit.

[L00NGB00W]

I was originally optimisitic, the video did seem to present some valid evidence...

Establishing Eye contact is one good indicator..

And if it happens to reduce brain swelling, that's a good thing, regardless if autism is involved or not.

At the same time I'm concerned as to the damage that breathing pure oxygen would do to these children's lungs and bodies.

However it seems that this small sample of the community is thouroughly un-convinced. I think it deserves some looking into at least.

[ScientiaVeritasEtLux]

@austinrees Agreed! I think it's horrible that parents are basically doing these ridiculous hyperbaric chamber experiments on their children when it hasn't been shown to work. Why would a parent do that?