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Who can benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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This treatment, which floods the body with 100% pure oxygen at higher than normal levels of atmospheric pressure, best serves patients with compromised blood circulation, or patients with severe cell destruction due to oxygen deprivation.  Some examples would be patients who have had a stroke or have had high intake levels of a foreign substance into the lungs such as Smoke, Water,Cyanide and carbon monoxide poisoning.   It has been used ln the Emergency treatment of Air & Gas embolisms usually found in divers, but has also been known to occur during & post-operatic bypass surgery.  It has also been successful in treatment of severe decubitus ulcers and diabetic gangrene.  For a more extensive list of ailments currently being treated with "Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy you can go to this Web Page. http://www.drcranton.com/hbo/conditions_treated.htm

Rene Keaton · answered over a year ago

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The range of clinical conditions responding favorably to HBOT is growing rapidly. Many individuals have shown vast improvements with HBOT and the results are generally based on patient treatment outcomes rather than scientific studies. Often times these chronic medical conditions languish in an individual’s life unless the individual requests that HBOT be added to their overall health care program.  more
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