| Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) involves
breathing pure oxygen in a sealed chamber at greater than normal
atmospheric pressure. This diffuses oxygen into the blood, lymph
and fluids surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
Oxygen is required for the growth, repair, and preservation
of cellular function. HBOT accelerates healing by increasing
oxygen supply to diseased or injured areas. This stimulates new
blood vessels (vital after a stroke) and reduces swelling after
brain injury. HBOT acts as an antimicrobial and enhances natural
immunity by improving the function of white blood cells.
The
Canadian Hyperbaric Institute at Vitalia operates two chambers
where physicians supervise individualized, gradually adjusted
doses of pressurized oxygen.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) involves
the breathing of 100-percent pure oxygen while in a sealed chamber
that is pressurized to greater than normal atmospheric pressure.
Breathing pure oxygen under pressure dissolves the oxygen in to
the fluid compartments of the body including the blood, lymph,
plasma, and the cerebrospinal fluid (fluid surrounding the brain
and spinal cord).
Vitalia Health Care, in conjunction with The
Canadian Hyperbaric Institute, currently operates two mono-place
chambers that allow for individualized and titrated (gradually
adjusted) doses of pressurized oxygen for optimal treatment protocol.
All treatments are prescribed and medically supervised by physicians
on staff. Each chamber easily and comfortably accommodates two
adults or an adult accompanying a young child during treatment.
Benefits of HBOT
Oxygen is essential to life. It is required by every
cell of the body for the growth, repair, and preservation of cellular
functioning. It is also necessary for proper healing of injuries.
HBOT accelerates the normal healing process.
- It immediately increases the supply of oxygen to all areas
of the body including those areas where an injury or disease
process has cut off blood supply.
- It stimulates the formation of new blood vessels, especially
to areas with reduced blood supply. This process is known as
angiogenesis. This is especially beneficial in hypoxic brain
injuries such as a stroke, where oxygen and blood supply to
the brain has been greatly reduced.
- It greatly reduces swelling or edema, including the swelling
that occurs after a brain injury, such as a stroke or following
trauma.
- It directly acts as an antimicrobial against many types of
bacterial infections including Clostridial perfringens infections
(gas gangrene) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- It enhances the body’s natural immunity by improving
the function of white blood cells, cells that fight infection.
HBOT is approved by the American Medical Association (AMA),
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada for the
treatment of several conditions, including carbon monoxide poisoning,
non-healing diabetic foot wounds, osteomyelitis, burns and radiation
injury. HBOT can also be used in the treatment of cerebral
palsy, stroke, Lyme disease, autism, Multiple Sclerosis, and traumatic
brain injury.
Click here for a list of approved
indications for HBOT
Click here for a list of other indications
for HBOT
HBOT is continuing to gain wide acceptance as a scientifically
rational, effective treatment for a wide range of conditions.
Medical health professionals in this remarkable field of medicine
continue to gather research and clinical evidence from around
the world in an effort to solidify the support and acceptance
of this therapy. Vitalia Health Care and The
Canadian Hyperbaric Institute participate in such trials,
gathering knowledge and scientific data in order to further expand
the acceptance of HBOT in medicine.
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