Systemic Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment permits patients to breath 100% oxygen at 2-3 times atmospheric pressure. Oxygen is absorbed through the lungs and travels in the blood throughout the body. Tissue oxygen levels are increased in all body tissues and systems during the duration of each treatment. The elevated oxygen levels and pressures facilitate healing and are therapeutic in a variety of medical conditions.

In the United States, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is commonly used for the treatment of the following conditions. Most insurance plans and Medicare will cover treatment for these medical problems:

Selected Problem Wounds including Diabetic
__wounds of the lower extremities
Radiation Injury
Air or Gas Embolism
Decompression Sickness
Refractory Osteomyelitis
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Gas Gangrene and Necrotizing Soft Tissue
__Infections
Exceptional Blood Loss Anemia
Intracranial Abscess
Compromised Skin Grafts and Flaps
Thermal Burns

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may also benefit patients with many other conditions. In other countries, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used more extensively and for a broader range of diagnoses than those listed above. A growing number of physicians are achieving success with hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the medical problems listed below:

Stroke
Head Injury
Autism
Cerebral Palsy
Psoriasis
Multiple Sclerosis
Lyme Disease
Enhanced healing after cosmetic surgery

Our practice will consider patients with these conditions as candidates for hyperbaric oxygen therapy on an individual basis after a full medical evaluation and discussion of the risks and benefits of this therapy with each patient.