Guest guest Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 I'am currently reading a book about the Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamger, which apparently gives many people back their memories, sight, use of limbs, etc.... But when I read that other countries use this regularly for people with brain stroke, brain damage, etc...I'll leave my thoughts to you.... In various other countries including South Korea, Japan, China, Russia, Italy, Germany, and Great Britain, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is routinely used as an adjunctive treatment for various forms of brain injury. Its therapeutic usefulness is likely a result of a variety of factors. First, hyperbaric oxygen leads to stabilization of cell membranes within the brain providing an improved environment for metabolic activity. Second, the increased oxygen levels provided by hyperbarics activates specific white blood cells which function to clear debris left by the damaging event. Third, the level of brain free radicals is reduced. These are damaging chemicals which result as a consequence of normal brain metabolism. Fourth, and perhaps most importantly, hyperbaric oxygen therapy dramatically increases the growth of new blood vessels to the damaged brain areas. It is unclear why hyperbaric oxygen therapy, so widely used throughout the rest of the world, has not yet gained a significant foothold in the American armamentarium of therapeutic techniques for brain injury. Perhaps it is because oxygen itself cannot be patented and therefore cannot be promoted by a specific pharmaceutical company. Taken from <http://www.perlhealth.com/vol3no1.htm> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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