Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The state-of-the-art German-technology Haux pressure chambers which we are employing for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, are available for patients ranging from 1 day old newborn babies to conscious and unconscious patients, producing successful outcomes. Yor special treatment program is organised according to your needs. everal therapeutic principles are made use of in HBOT:
* The increased overall pressure is of therapeutic value when HBOT is used in the treatment of decompression sickness and air embolism
* For many other conditions, the therapeutic principle of HBOT lies in a drastically increased partial pressure of oxygen in the tissues of the body. The oxygen partial pressures achievable under HBOT are much higher than those under breathing pure oxygen at normobaric conditions (i.e. at normal atmospheric pressure).
* A related effect is the increased oxygen transport capacity of the blood. Under atmospheric pressure, oxygen transport is limited by the oxygen binding capacity of hemoglobin in red blood cells and very little oxygen is transported by blood plasma.
Because the hemoglobin of the red blood cells is almost saturated with oxygen under atmospheric pressure, this route of transport cannot be exploited any further. Oxygen transport by plasma, however is significantly increased under HBOT. In the United States, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, known as UHMS, approves for reimbursement diagnoses for application of HBOT in hospitals. The following indications are approved uses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy as defined by the UHMS Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee.
* Air or gas embolism
* Carbon monoxide poisoning o Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complicated by Cyanide Poisoning
* Clostridal Myositis and Myonecrosis (Gas gangren)
* Crush Injury, Compartment syndrome, and other Acute Traumatic Ischemias
* Decompression sickness
* Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds
* Exceptional Blood Loss (Anemia)
* Intracranial Abscess
* Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (Necrotizing fasciitis)
* Osteomyelitis (Refractory)
* Delayed Radiation Injury (Soft Tissue and Bony Necrosis)
* Skin Grafts & Flaps (Compromised)
* Thermal Burns In the United States, HBOT is recognized by Medicare as a reimbursable treatment for 14 UHMS "approved" conditions. An HBOT session costs anywhere from $100 to $200 in private clinics, to over $1,000 in hospitals. U.S. physicians may lawfully prescribe HBOT for "off-label" conditions such as Lyme Disease stroke and migraines.[ Such patients are treated in outpatient clinics. In the United Kingdom most chambers are financed by the National Health Service, although some, such as those run by Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centres, are non-profit. Other reported applications include:
* Autism. A small 2009 double-blind study of autistic children found that 40 hourly treatments of 24% oxygen at 1.3 atm provided significant improvement in the children's behavior immediately after treatment sessions. The study has not been independently confirmed; further studies are planned or in progress.
* Diabetically derived illness, such as diabetic foot, diabetic retinopathy , diabetic nephropathy * Epidural abscesses * Certain kind of hearing loss * Radiation-induced hemorrhagic cystitis * Inflammatory bowel disease