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Infectious Conditions

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has been approved for a variety of serious infectious conditions. The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) has extensive physiological rationale for the use of HBOT in 4 of its approved indications: 
  • Gas Gangrene
  • Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (Flesh eating disease)
  • Intracranial Abcess (brain infection)
  • Osteomyelitis (bone infections)
Although each bacterial infection needs to be considered individually, there are similarities between these conditions that make HBOT a useful treatment option. By the same logic, there are other bacterial infections that may also benefit from HBOT.

Physiological Effects of HBOT that are useful in Bacterial Infections
  • kills or halts reproduction in obligate anaerobic organisms 
  • potentiates antibiotics
  • angiogenesis revascularizes tissues for better nutrient, oxygen and medication delivery and tissue detoxification
  • Improves bacterial killing of immune cells
  • halts the production of some bacterial toxins
  • May disrupt biofilm colonies
  • reduces swelling in tissues and in the brain
Experimental Infections that may benefit from HBOT
  • Lyme Disease (Borrelia Infection)
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (unknown cause)
  • Shingles / Herpes Zoster
  • Periodontitis
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • more 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