Hyperbaric Oxygen
WHAT IS HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION THERAPY?
hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) therapy is the inhalation of oxygen (O2), late dose (saturation approaches 100%) for short periods and under pressure inside a fully pressurized chamber (above 1.5 atmospheres). This form of medical treatment is indicated for a number of very well-defined diseases. Importantly, the physical, physiological and biochemical obtained by chemotherapy, are due to saturation of oxygen at high pressure, the hyperbaric chamber is only the means used to grant it, because otherwise the treatment environment could not comply. Topical administration of oxygen in an isolated area of \u200b\u200bthe body or limbs, no is hyperbaric oxygen.
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS? The main effects of this therapy are:
HYPEROXYGENATION (extra oxygen saturation): The high pressure saturated with oxygen in a 2,000% over the patient's blood. This high saturation dose helps to regenerate tissue damaged by burns, cuts, or diseases that can cause oxygen deficiency in certain organs of the body, such as those that cause circulatory compromise (poor circulation), such as diabetes, or by damage to blood vessels. The tissue regeneration or healing process needed to effectively carry oxygen. With poor oxygenation process is delayed or impossible. With Hyperoxygenation be largely remedied the problems of lack of oxygen caused by defects in the circulation, edema, or any other cause. Hyperoxygenation sweeping also helps other gases and is why it is useful in the treatment of poisoning by toxic gases.
NEOVASCULARIZATION (regeneration and creation of new blood vessels) Hyperoxygenation provided by this therapy increases the growth of new blood capillaries and regeneration of existing ones. These vessels are the latest in the chain of the human body circulation and come into the body of oxygen and nutrients it needs to continue living, instrumental in the healing process and tissue repair committed under the influence of infections, radiation, cancer, aging and arterial or varicose ulcers. OSTEOGENESIS (bone regeneration): Due to the HYPEROXYGENATION produced by this therapy, the cells get all the oxygen required for the remodeling of the bones that fracture is affected by aging, softening or infections caused by pathogens. ANTIMICROBIAL (elimination of germs that cause infections): supplied Hyperoxygenation the white blood cells the oxygen they need to defend the body from bacteria. Also for more effective operation of some antibiotics that require high levels of oxygen in the tissues. Oxygen itself is able to directly destroy some bacteria, mainly the anaerobes. So that it acts in synergy (sum), with the individual's immune system, in addition to its bactericidal action. WHAT ARE THE MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION ON OUR BODIES?
In the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM:
• Create paradoxical vasoconstriction during HBO vasodilation followed by post-HBO. (It has been determined vasodilation in infarcted areas, thus improving circulation.) • Increases permeability the blood-brain barrier. • Stops or reduces the production of edema in the central nervous system. • Improves microcirculation • O2 Increases in spinal fluid. • Evidence of axonal regeneration.
in the circulatory system:
• Anti-platelet aggregating. • Increases old red blood cell hemolysis. • Reduce cardiac work. • Increases resistance to cardiogenic shock.
the endocrine system:
• Stimulates the endocrine glands and thymus. • Decreases insulin requirements. • Increased complement activity. (Immune activator). • Improves metabolism.
the gastrointestinal system:
• Decreases gastric acid secretion. (Reduce the gastritis and ulcers) • Lower the tone of the pylorus. (Improved gastric emptying). • Lower levels of norepinephrine and monoamixidasa in the liver. • Increases intestinal motility.
IN GENERAL:
• Move other gases. • Follow the Law of Mass Action. • Creates a marked increase in the partial pressure of oxygen in the arterial (PaO2), but little change in the Partial Pressure of Oxygen venous circulation (pvO2). • Raise the oxygen in the tissues for a long time after HBO exposure. • Increased oxygen tension in blood, urine and total body fluid. (Henry's Law). • Regulates collagen deposition. • Increases bone cell activity. • Free Radicals. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione and catalase which are natural antioxidants that protect us from free radicals, factors that damage our cells. • As Preventive Medicine. Based on the above arguments, not only hyperbaric oxygen is indicated for patients with certain disease, but can be used by all people with the purpose of revitalizing all organs and thus prevent disease, prolong stay healthy and quality life. Remember that HBO is actually a normalizing and regulating all biological functions: it raises the immune system, tones the skin, prevents or corrects the hypoxia, in general, is the underlying factor of almost all diseases. "• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases up to 8 times the circulating stem cells in the body as shown by the study by the University of Pennsylvania (USA) published in the online edition of 'American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulation Physiology' November 18, 2005.
WHAT FOR DISEASE TREATMENT SPECIFICALLY STATED THIS?
hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) is currently the primary therapy for decompression sickness, Enbolismo Gaseous, carbon monoxide poisoning and organic solvents, gas gangrene and severe tissue damage from burns, lasceraciones and is used as a treatment traumastismos.También all those changes or situations which have been determined physiological basis for use and we have already mentioned.
WHERE THE THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS ARE FROM ABOVE?
The text above is a summary of the information most commonly used for hyperbaric oxygen contained indications of: American College of Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical Research Society French Society of Hyperbaric Medicine China, Japan Society for Hyperbaric Medicine, Hyperbaric Medical Society (USA), Ministry of Health of the former USSR, Moscow and Sociedad Venezolana de Medicina Hiperbárica.Se international conferences have been conducted at the Universities of Amsterdam, Glasgow, Duke, Sapporo, Vancouver, Aberdeen, Moscow, California, Long Beach, among others. Currently, the Society of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine in the United States of America, founded on November 25, 1976 and domiciled in Bethesda, Maryland, has 2,000 members and 2,005 international approximately 900 hyperbaric chambers operating in USA. SITUATIONS IN THE TREATMENT contraindicated Hyperbaric Medicine
In people who have any of the following conditions is contraindicated: pneumothorax, pulmonary emphysema, epilepsy, Cold upper airway.
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