What does it help you may ask. Well your body’s tissues need a good supply of oxygen to function. When tissues are injured, they require even more oxygen to survive, and repair. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases the amount of oxygen your blood can carry. An increase in blood oxygen temporarily restores normal levels of blood gases and tissue function to promote healing and fight infection.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat several medical conditions. Many medical institutions use it in different ways.

Your doctor may suggest hyperbaric oxygen therapy if you have one of the following conditions:

• Alzheimer’s
• Anemia
• Brain abscess
• Burns
• Decompression sickness
• Carbon monoxide poisoning
• Crushing injury
• Deafness, sudden onset
• Fibromyalgia
• Gangrene
• Infection of skin or bone that causes tissue death
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Non healing wounds, such as a diabetic foot ulcer
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Radiation injury
• Skin graft or skin flap at risk of tissue death
• Sports Injuries
• Vision loss, if sudden and painless