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Article: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. (medical research update).
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- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT, HBO, HBO2) uses a special chamber to allow a person to breathe 100 percent pure oxygen while the pressure in the chamber is higher than one atmosphere. HBOT first received approval from the FDA as a treatment for divers' decompression sickness (the bends). Additional indications for HBOT use can be divided into two categories circulatory conditions and wound repair.
CIRCULATORY & WOUND HEALING
Providing pure oxygen at higher-than-normal pressure counteracts the effects of these conditions. In carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness and smoke inhalation, the added oxygen returns the mix of blood gases to normal; ...