Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

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I very much believe in the healing power of oxygen........but now, a local MD has acquired a giant, multi-place chamber in which a dozen people at a time, can get themselves saturated with oxygen, and though I know nothing about such chambers, it almost seems like "if a little is good for you, a whole lot must be stupendous"..........know what I mean?

I don't intend to use this service, as I'm totally healthy, but I'd like to understand it, and be more informed about it than I am now - which is minus zero.

Does anyone here have experience or info on this?

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Hyperbaric chambers can be useful in treating surgical patients whose bodies have a hard time healing. They can also be used to stabalize a patient who has had severe trauma. They speed up blood flow thereby allowing the body to better heal itself.

I don't think they are for general issues though.

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These are the conditions that use hyperbaric therapy that are paid for by insurance companies and Medicare. My neighbor, who has chronic pulmonary problems, had a wound that would not heal. He went for hyperbaric therapy that really helped him.

I remember a few years ago that gulping pure oxygen in oxygen bars was all the rage. I really wonder whether the doctor that you mentioned is simply looking for a money making gimmick.

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Phoenix........I never heard of those oxygen bars you mention......were they just places open to the public? How did they dispense the stuff?

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Check this out:

http://www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/2002/602_air.html

I have not heard much about them recently.

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Phoenix32890 wrote:

Check this out:

http://www.fda.gov/Fdac/features/2002/602_air.html

I have not heard much about them recently.

That sure sounds like something hazardous, doesn't it? Thanks for the information, Phoenix.

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