Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Why The Controversy?
April 29th, 2007
Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy is fast becoming a new application of an old treatment, dating back 178 years and one originally used for divers’ brain decompression illness. McGill University studies show that H.O.T. is 400-500% more effective than any other therapeutic approach in producing a measurable change in gross and fine motor function for children with neurological injury.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a series of therapeutic procedures in which high doses of oxygen are delivered to tissues in critical need. Patients are placed in a sealed chamber , treatment pressure established and the patient breathes 100% oxygen. This allows for greater amounts of oxygen to be available to parts of the body that may be injured.
While H.O.T. seems to demonstrate impressive results in many conditions, from stroke, to autism, cerebral palsy, among others, there is still much controversy regarding this form of therapy .One objection is that free radical damage will be increased … What does present research indicate?
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY
Contact:
American Association for Hyperbaric Awareness
(AAHA)
website: AAHA-US.com
acreacy@aol.com
The Panelists:
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a series of therapeutic procedures in which high doses of oxygen are delivered to tissues in critical need. Patients are placed in a sealed chamber , treatment pressure established and the patient breathes 100% oxygen. This allows for greater amounts of oxygen to be available to parts of the body that may be injured.
While H.O.T. seems to demonstrate impressive results in many conditions, from stroke, to autism, cerebral palsy, among others, there is still much controversy regarding this form of therapy .One objection is that free radical damage will be increased … What does present research indicate?
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY
Contact:
American Association for Hyperbaric Awareness
(AAHA)
website: AAHA-US.com
acreacy@aol.com
The Panelists:
Paul G. Harch M.D., Director: LSU School of Medicine, Author: The Oxygen Revolution
Ernesto C. Sanchez M.D., Medical Director, Hospital del Pedregal (Mexico City, Mexico)
James F. Toole M.D., Director of Stroke Research Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Ernesto C. Sanchez M.D., Medical Director, Hospital del Pedregal (Mexico City, Mexico)
James F. Toole M.D., Director of Stroke Research Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
