Did you know that the air we typically breathe only contains about 20% oxygen? Introducing pure oxygen to the body in order to enhance a natural healing effect is known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy or HBOT. The air inside a hyperbaric chamber is 100% oxygen. Wounds and other health concerns can be directly addressed with accelerated results through this process. In order to apply this type of therapy you will enter a pressurized chamber filled with our oxygen. Once inside, the chamber’s air pressure will be increased, allowing your body to absorb the extra oxygen. Through this therapy infections and other conditions can be healed in addition to a reduction in cell damage from other conditions. Here are a few of the benefits that HBOT offers.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Repair and Build Blood Cells
Angiogenesis is the growth of new blood vessels within an existing vascular system. New blood vessels will support healthy tissue growth. Oxygen-rich blood is able to provide the necessary nutrients that starved cells need. Higher quality and quantities of oxygen are able to support healthy cell growth and tissue repair.
Wound Healing Can be Enhanced with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Whether you’ve experienced trauma, an infection, or any other condition that has caused a breakdown in tissue, the wound it causes has severed or damaged blood vessels. The surrounding fiber of the tissue near the damaged blood vessels in this area will be exposed to a fluid that causes the cell walls to swell. After an extended period of deoxygenation, the tissue near the wound will eventually decay. By adding oxygen to the blood through HBOT this swelling can be reduced allowing the nutrients required to stimulate healing to access the affected tissue. Endothelial cells, the cells responsible for wound repair are attracted by this type of therapy.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Oxygenate Your Body’s Tissues
HBOT can treat a range of tissue-related health conditions. When the air pressure inside the chamber is more than two to three times that of our typical atmosphere, the body’s plasma is able to absorb more of it, promoting the development of new, healthy tissue. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can treat a variety of health concerns ranging from crush injuries, anemia, and embolisms to chronic pain, acute blood flow, burns, and antibiotic-resistant infections.
These are only a few of the many health benefits that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can offer. The expert staff at the Lane Wound Care & Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center are here to help you heal.
