HBOT treatments
proceed by placing you in a chamber, and then increasing the
atmospheric pressure. During the treatment you breathe pure
concentrated oxygen. This saturates the tissues with oxygen, and
reverses any areas of hypoxia (low oxygen levels). As a comparison,
the average person breathes in about 6 pounds of oxygen a day.
During a single hour of HBOT, a person will take in about 3-4 pounds
of oxygen, which increases the oxygen content of the tissues by a
factor of 10-15. This has some dramatic and extremely beneficial
effects, not only for stroke, but also for a wide variety of
conditions.
Some of the effects are to promote the growth of new blood vessels,
decrease swelling and inflammation, deactivation of toxins,
increases the body’s ability to fight infections, clears out toxins
and metabolic waste products, and improves the rate of healing. In
stroke, the practical effects are to help heal any damaged brain
cells around the site of the stroke (this is known as the penumbra).
It helps get rid of free radicals caused by the stroke, reduces
swelling and pressure on the brain, helps stop bleeding if present,
and helps stimulate the growth of new brain cells. This translates
into improvement or recovery of speech, strength, coordination,
memory, cognitive skills, walking, and other areas that might have
been damaged.
Recovery from stroke can be dramatic, and we have seen patients
become fully functional. The sooner HBOT is started after the stroke
the better, but we have gotten good results even after 15 years
post-injury. Results for each individual are unpredictable, and
depend on a large number of factors, such as severity of the stroke,
location, length of time since the stroke, etc. We also use a number
of other therapies that complement HBOT, which provide even better
results than HBOT alone. Like other conditions, a multi-therapy
approach is best.
We typically treat each person 1-2 times a day for 1 hour each
treatment, for a total of 40 treatments. Before further treatments
can be given, the patient must wait at least 4-6 weeks. Then,
another set of 40 treatments can be given. After this point, we
usually limit treatments to 20 at a time. Some people will respond
well to one or two sets of treatments, but most can count on getting
from 100-200 total treatments for best results. We follow each
patient’s progress, and determine therapy based on his or her
response.
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