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Conditions Shown to Benefit from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

The history of Hyperbaric Medicine stretches back to the 1600's prior to the discovery of oxygen in the 1700's. Today, the combination of breathing oxygen at increased atmospheric pressure, called hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT,) is an internationally recognized medical treatment. In North America, it is used to treat serious medical conditions grouped into 14 categories approved by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS.) 

In the USA, approved HBOT conditions treated in private clinics (outside of hospitals) can be reimbursed by insurance companies, while in Canada the Medical Services Plan (MSP) will only cover treatment in hospital based clinics. Currently, Canada is dramatically underserviced by hospital based chambers. For example, the entire province of British Columbia has only one hospital-based hyperbaric chamber at Vancouver General Hospital. 

Internationally, HBOT is used for many more conditions than are currently approved in North America. For example, China has approved over 60 conditions for HBOT. Global leaders in hyperbaric research and in treatment application include Sweden, Japan, Russia and China. An excellent medical textbook that best covers the broad application of hyperbaric treatment internationally is K.K. Jain's, Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine.

UHMS Approved Conditions

  • Air or Gas Embolism
  • CO, Cyanide Poisoning
  • Gas Gangrene
  • Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome etc.
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Problem Wounds, CRAO
  • Severe Anemia
  • Intracranial Abscess
  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
  • Refractory Osteomyelitis
  • Delayed Radiation Injury
  • Compromized Grafts and Flaps
  • Acute Thermal Burn
  • ISS Hearing Loss  (ISSHL)

Investigational Conditions

  • Lyme Disease
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Shingles / Herpes Zoster
  • Headache
  • Calciphylaxis
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
  • Livedoid Vasculopathy / Atrophie Blanche
  • Venous Stasis Ulcer
  • Pressure Ulcer
  • Scleroderma, Raynauds
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Psoriasis
  • Arthritis
  • Stroke
  • TBI and PTSD in Vets
  • Epilepsy


  • Post Concussion Syndrome
  • Autism
  • Crohn's, Colitis
  • Peripheral Artery Disease
  • Erythromelalgia
  • CRPS, RSD
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Degenerative Disk Disease
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Cancer (General)
  • Fractures
  • Glaucoma
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Macular Edema
  • Periodontal Disease
  • Dental Implants
  • BRONJ
...more conditions soon

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UHMS Approved Conditions

Air or Gas Embolism
CO, Cyanide Poisoning
Gas Gangrene

Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome etc.
Decompression Sickness
Problem Wounds, CRAO
Severe Anemia
Intracranial Abscess
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Refractory Osteomyelitis
Delayed Radiation Injury
Compromized Grafts and Flaps
Acute Thermal Burn
ISS Hearing Loss  (ISSHL)

Investigational Conditions

Lyme Disease
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Shingles / Herpes Zoster
Headache
Calciphylaxis

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Livedoid Vasculopathy
Venous Stasis Ulcer
Pressure Ulcer
Scleroderma, Raynauds
Multiple Sclerosis
Type 1 Diabetes
Psoriasis
Arthritis
Pyoderma Gangenosum
Stroke
TBI and PTSD in Vets
Epilepsy

Post Concussion Syndrome
Alzheimer's Disease
Autism

Crohn's, Colitis
Peripheral Artery Disease
Erythromelalgia
CRPS, RSD
Peripheral Neuropathy

Degenerative Disc Disease

Fibromyalgia
Cancer
 (General)
Fractures

Glaucoma
Macular Degeneration
Macular Edema
Periodontal Disease
Dental Implants
BRONJ
Type 2 Diabetes


...more conditions soon