Hyperbaric therapy is an oxygen therapy, which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room. This is an alternative method, which provides 100% oxygen for a specified period under controlled pressure. This therapy is also known as HBOT or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, which means operating at pressures above normal atmospheric pressure. It is a deep-rooted treatment for decompression ailment.This therapy is beneficial in treating serious infections, blood disorders, radiation injury and diabetes. This therapy of using pressure to treat ailments is present since many centuries. Henshaw was a British physician, who records the first use of this therapy in the year, 1664. Further, many others developed this therapy and numerous facilities were developed in order to provide this treatment to people who may require it.Practitioners believe that this therapy is beneficial to improve the efficiency of white blood cells, which helps the body to fight against infections. Thus, Hyperbaric Therapy helps to boost the immunity and helps in the formation of new capillaries and blood vessels.
However, this method was initially developed for sea divers in order to relieve them from decompression sickness but now this therapy has several uses.During the therapy session, the air pressure is raised up to three times higher than normal air pressure in a specific room, which is especially designed for this purpose. However, this will help a person's lungs to gather up to three times more oxygen than the normal air pressure. As the result, his blood will carry this oxygen throughout his body and rouse the release of stem cells in order to promote healing.
Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
