Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a medical treatment where you breathe 100% pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber. This process increases oxygen levels in your blood, enhancing your body’s ability to heal and fight infection. Originally developed to treat divers with decompression sickness, HBOT now helps with a wide range of conditions from chronic wounds and infections to neurological disorders.
Why increase oxygen?
Oxygen is vital for cellular function, energy production, and tissue repair. In many chronic conditions, tissues become starved of oxygen, slowing healing and increasing inflammation. HBOT floods your bloodstream with oxygen, reversing this shortage and kick-starting natural repair processes.
Healthy tissue function depends on adequate oxygen. But when illness, injury, or cellular damage occurs, the body’s oxygen demand rises. Traditional breathing provides about 21% oxygen from the atmosphere, often not enough for deep healing.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) bridges this gap by delivering pure oxygen at high pressure, saturating the bloodstream with elevated oxygen levels that reach oxygen-deprived tissues. This accelerates the body’s natural healing mechanisms.
During HBOT, you sit or lie in a specially designed chamber where the pressure gradually increases to about 1.5 to 3 times normal atmospheric pressure. While inside, you breathe pure oxygen through a mask or hood. The increased pressure allows oxygen to dissolve directly into your plasma, the liquid part of your blood beyond what hemoglobin alone can carry.
This supercharged oxygen travels to areas with poor circulation or damage, reaching cells that are otherwise starved. Sessions typically last 60 to 90 minutes, and the number of treatments varies depending on your condition.
HBOT isn’t just about breathing oxygen, it’s about flooding your system with what it needs to recover, rebuild, and perform better. Here’s how it helps across different conditions:
Accelerates Wound Healing: HBOT promotes new blood vessel formation and supports repair in stubborn wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers and radiation injuries.
Fights Infections: High oxygen levels boost white blood cell function and inhibit bacteria that thrive in low-oxygen environments.
Reduces Inflammation: HBOT lowers swelling and helps modulate immune responses in chronic inflammatory conditions.
Supports Brain and Nerve Repair: It can improve outcomes after stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative diseases by enhancing oxygen supply to nervous tissue.
Enhances Recovery: Athletes and patients recovering from surgery may use HBOT to speed muscle repair and reduce fatigue.
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