HBOT has been in use for a very long time to treat many different conditions. The most well known use is to treat decompression sickness in divers. Probably one of the most common uses for HBOT is to improve the healing of wounds, particularly complicated wounds which would otherwise not heal. Examples of this are wounds in diabetics, infected wounds, even necrotizing fascitis (flesh eating disease), wounds in areas of the body that have been treated with radiation therapy. HBOT has also been used for frostbite injuries and, in some cases, has helped prevent amputations. One of the more recent uses of HBOT has been to treat brain injuries. These injuries can be the result of some event before or during childbirth, or traumatic injury at any time in life, or even due to stroke. HBOT is also used for carbon monoxide poisoning, and for anemia due to acute blood loss. A list of conditions treated in our clinic can be found under conditions treated.
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