Benefits Of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy "is a well-established treatment for decompression sickness, a hazard of scuba diving" (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014). It involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014). In a hyperbaric chamber the air pressure is increased by three times that of normal air pressure which allows the lungs to gather more oxygen (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014). The increase in oxygen within the body allows the body to better fight off bacteria and it stimulates the release of growth factors and stem cells within the body, both of which expedite the healing process (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014). In addition to being used as a treatment for decompression sickness, hyperbaric oxygen therapy can also be used to treat serious infections, bubbles of air in your blood vessels, and wounds that won't heal because of diabetes or radiation injury (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014). This treatment is typically performed in some kind of medical facility (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014).
This therapy is so beneficial to the body that it can be used to treat tons and tons of different conditions. Some of the risks involved with hyperbaric oxygen therapy are temporary nearsightedness, middle ear injuries, lung collapse, and seizures (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy,