The Healing Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

We need oxygen to survive, but cancer cells don't. Cancer cells have an altered metabolism that is anaerobic, which means without oxygen.Cancer cells dislike oxygen so much, that highly oxygenated environments can actually be toxic to them. This can result in slowing the growth of the cancer tumors and can actually destroy the cancer.

Our atmosphere is made up of about one fifth oxygen. Oxygen is used by our cells to burn fuel in our mitochondria in order to produce energy.

Hyperbaric chambers supply pure oxygen in a pressurized atmosphere and can produce some remarkable healing benefits. Up to 20 times more oxygen can be absorbed by the bloodstream in a hyperbaric chamber as compared to breathing atmospheric air.This oxygen is then transported to damaged organs and tissues and speeds up both healing and recovery time. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers have about three times the normal atmospheric pressure. Sessions typically ranges from 30 to 90 minutes. Hyperbaric therapy is also excellent for healing wounds and for treating diabetic ulcers.

Hyperbaric therapy that have 100% of oxygen, requires a prescription under FDA guideline,s due to its classification as a drug.

There are also mild hyperbaric therapy chambers or mHBOT, which have also shown significant health benefits. mHBOT uses 95% oxygen and is only 1.3 to 1.4 times the atmospheric pressure. mHBOT does not require a doctor’s prescription. mHBOT treatments can range from around $50 to $100 a session. HBOT sessions that require a prescription, provide more than 1.5 times the atmospheric pressure and administers 100% oxygen. They cost about $200 per treatment session.

Benefits of HBOT:

HBOT can provide more than accelerated healing. It can also reduce inflammation, which is associated with almost all chronic illnesses. HBOT can have a positive impact on 8,000 genes and is a natural antibiotic. Twenty sessions of therapy can improve the function of stem cells by 800%.

According to "The Truth About Cancer", HBOT has also been shown to help with the following:

• Stimulates new blood vessel growth and increase blood flow.
• Elevates the body’s natural immune defenses to fight infection and bacteria.
• Reduces swelling that may occur around damaged areas.
• Speeds up healing by increasing tissue oxygen levels to areas in the body where they are reduced due to injury or illness.
• Patients who have suffered strokes, traumatic brain injuries and or experience neurodegenerative decline as evident in dementia can greatly benefit from treatment.
• Individuals with autism who receive HBOT treatments have also been suggested to benefit.
• HBOT is often used as a complementary therapy for cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment.
• Directs chemotherapy drugs to a tumor
• Increases the body’s stem cell supply.

The Risks and Contraindications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy From The Truth About Cancer:

Possible side effects for HBOT use include ear popping, claustrophobia, mild sinus discomfort, brief lasting short-sightedness called myopia and in rare cases pulmonary oxygen toxicity. Very rarely will pulmonary oxygen toxicity induce seizures.

Most patients will not generally experience symptoms and are able to return to work immediately. Other patients may experience temporary changes in vision once they have completed 20 sessions or more. If you experience high fever, have untreated air or gas in the pleural space of the lung, or have an untreated seizure disorder you should not use hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Consult your doctor if you are pregnant.

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