Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy or "HBOT" is most often used as an “adjunctive treatment”. This means that it is employed in conjunction with other forms of treatment and is a part of the total medical treatment package or care regime.
Oxygen, provided at optimal levels can have profound anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and tissue healing benefits. It can accelerate healing dramatically and assist in conditions where there is an oxygen deficit.
Conditions which HBOT may have a good success rate:
- Severe skin and tissue damage
- Fracture healing
- Major systemic or local infections
- Intervertebral disc herniation
- Inflamatory conditions such as pancreatitis
- Nerve damage
- Post surgical swelling and recovery
- Acute ischaemic conditions
- Infectious conditions such as severe wound infection
- Some aspects of neurological degeneration
- Problem wounds such as burns, ulcers, gangrene and necrosis
- Stimulating new bone cell activity
- Brain/nerve damage and arthritis
CAN ANIMALS BENEFIT FROM HBOT?
Oxygen Therapy is particularly well suited to treating animals and research indicates that animals have around five times the accelerated rate of tissue healing than humans, which can greatly speed the resolution of illnesses and decrease the number of treatment sessions required. HBOT is a non-invasive and well tolerated approach for assisting the treatment of large range of veterinary conditions.
ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS FOR THE ANIMALS?
100% oxygen, breathed at 2 Bar for 60 minutes is a remarkably safe regime for treatment. Occasionally animals experience mild discomfort in their ears but they generally tolerate this therapy extremely well.
Oxygen, provided at optimal levels, has profound anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and tissue healing effects. It can accelerate healing dramatically and assist in conditions where is an oxygen deficit.
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