Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay Building on previous articles about emergency medicine, severe blood loss, and even the article telling of experiments done in the 1950's by It Borema et al, in which they removed the haemoglobin from piglets, only to have them survive in a hyperbaric environment (covered in the article LIFE WITHOUT BLOOD), today's science… Continue reading Hyperbaric Oxygenation and Severe Anemia and Low Haemoglobin Count
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HBOT for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Pexels.com Of the three indicated and accepted conditions for routine treatment this one is the most confusing in how it’s treated. The condition must be acute before HBOT is indicated and commissioned for use in the UK. In other parts of the world health departments are less reluctant and it's… Continue reading HBOT for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Dosage: HBOT and mHBOT
Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay For the purposes of this discussion HBOT is "Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy", and mHBOT is "Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy". It does not mean "Medium Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy", this is a play on the meaning of the label and how it relates directly to dosage. The differentiation between these two applications comes down to… Continue reading Dosage: HBOT and mHBOT
Oxygen as an Anti-Inflammatory and Multiple Sclerosis
Photo by meo on Pexels.com Taken from the overview, we return to complimentary therapy topics today with some words on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the power of oxygen as an anti-inflammatory. The premise of the words to follow is that MS is thought to be an inflammatory conditions cause by vascular compromise and localised brain… Continue reading Oxygen as an Anti-Inflammatory and Multiple Sclerosis
The Mechanical Effects of Pressure on the Body
Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com Building on yesterday's sojourn into physics and physiology, it is important to elaborate on the third main gas law affecting divers, and by extension, and probably the most relevant of the laws, to hyperbaric chamber occupants. Yesterday we discussed briefly the effects of Dalton's Law and Henry's Law in… Continue reading The Mechanical Effects of Pressure on the Body
Flying and Diving – A Sojourn Into Physics and Physiology
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels.com Departing a little from complimentary therapy applications today, we discuss diving and flying. Since hyperbaric technologies are in fact diving technologies, and diving accidents and illnesses are treated in hyperbaric chambers, it makes for an interesting sojourn. Remembering of course that in therapeutic treatments (diving or otherwise), we breathe pure… Continue reading Flying and Diving – A Sojourn Into Physics and Physiology
Sight: Age Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy and Central Retinal Ocular Occlusion
Image by analogicus from Pixabay Today's science bit comes courtesy of our overview document. More specifically the chapter which covers aspects of the above title, but also thanks to the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) themselves, and their article entitled: "Arterial Inefficiencies: Central Retinal Artery Occlusion". But before a finger gets pointed for misquoting anyone, the UHMS… Continue reading Sight: Age Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy and Central Retinal Ocular Occlusion
Space Tech and Hyperbaric Tech: Technological Cousins
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first steps taken on the moon by some phenomenal human beings, below is an excerpt from our overview. Hyperbaric chambers and space technology are, in almost every way the same technologies. Sealed environments with controllable and manageable environmental conditions common to both. In… Continue reading Space Tech and Hyperbaric Tech: Technological Cousins
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy – Some Historical Perspective
#HBOT #HyperbaricOxygenTherapy #Cumbria #ComplimentaryTherapy #Oxygen #Charity Below is an excerpt from the overview document which is available for free download on the files and resources page on the website. The essay has a full reference section annexed. https://cumbria-hyperbaric.org/files-and-resources-download/ For over a hundred years human beings have been applying the principals of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to… Continue reading Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy – Some Historical Perspective
Stem Cell Mobilisation and HBOT: Case Study
Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay One highly controversial area of scientific research is that of the research into stem cell synthesis or stem cell harvesting. It has long been a contentious issue with a host of moral objections. stem cells are crucial to healing though and many serious conditions can and do benefit from stem… Continue reading Stem Cell Mobilisation and HBOT: Case Study