What Is Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy?

High Dosage Oxygen Treatment that has helped countless people when mainstream medicine wasn't enough. Discover the healing power of hyperbaric oxygen.

"...I've seen what Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can do for people who felt hopeless before giving hyperbaric oxygen treatment a try. The results have ranged from subtle to dramatic - what some call miracles and, having seen the changes, I can understand why..."
— Amazon.com Customer Review of "Oxygen Revolution" by Paul G. Harch, M.D.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) or more appropriately, High Dosage Oxygen Treatment has been alternately called "highly effective" and "a therapy in search of diseases" and for the most part has remained a nearly unknown treatment in the world of western medicine. There may be many reasons for this including historical controversy and prejudice, but none more important than the lack of awareness or sufficient information on the part of some physicians and the general public.

We hope the information on this website will help you to form a basic understanding of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment and controlled hyperoxygenation. It might happen, one day the awareness of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) would become of great value either for you or for your dearest, like it has already done for plenty of people when other efforts of mainstream medicine were insufficient to help effectively...

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Visualization

Hyperbaric oxygen chamber interior
Oxygen molecules in bloodstream
Medical chamber with patient
Wound healing process

Key Topics

Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment sets into motion cumulative processes promoting immediate and delayed healing activities. Read the explicit definition issued by Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS).

In order to prevent backlash from a strict scientific approach protecting patients from indiscriminate use, professional hyperbaric organizations had to establish guidelines for the employment of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Learn about "approved" and "off-label" HBOT indications.

Hypoxia - a lack of Oxygen, remains a constant threat throughout life. Most conditions associated with hypoxia can benefit from HBOT. Learn about signs and symptoms of Hypoxic Hypoxia, Tissue Hypoxia, Histotoxic Hypoxia, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Chronic Hypoxia.

Hyperbaric Medicine History
Hyperbaric Medicine History And Physical Basis

Hyperbaric Medicine is governed by physical laws described by Charles, Boyle and Henry, known as ideal gas laws. Summarizing interrelation between gases, liquids, temperature and pressure these laws explain the physics behind Hyperbaric Oxygen.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Highlights

Types and technology

Learn about monoplace, multiplace, and portable hyperbaric chambers used in HBOT treatment.

HBOT and autism spectrum

Explore hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a treatment option for autism spectrum disorders.

Symptoms and treatment

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