Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Effectiveness

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a way to deliver extra oxygen into the body above and beyond what you normally receive by breathing air. Air is composed of 21% oxygen. With normal respiration, the red blood cells leave the the alveoli of the lungs 97-99% full of oxygen. Simply breathing pure oxygen makes little difference as the red blood cells are already full. 0.03% of oxygen dissolves in blood plasma.

Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy applies 4 Laws:
1. Boyle's Law:
At a constant temperature, the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure and the density of a gas is directly proportional to the to the pressure.
2. Dalton's Law:
The total pressure exerted by a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the pressure of each individual gas in the mixture. The whole is equal to the sum of its parts.
3. Henry's Law:
Henry's Law states that the solubility of a gas (how much is dissolved)
in a liquid is directly proportional to the pressure of the gas in contact with the liquid.
4. Graham's Law:
Grahm's law states that oxygen and carbon dioxide ( and other gases ) move independently, at different rates, from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure.

The result of these four laws is that the greater the pressure, the more oxygen is delivered.

1 billion oxygen molecules are on a single red blood cell. This may seem like a lot, but this number can be multiplied. With the pressure provided by hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the total oxygen delivered can be supplemented with billions more oxygen molecules dissolved in plasma.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy means more energy for cells

This results in a surplus of oxygen being delivered into cells, in particular to the mitochondria. When the oxygen reaches the mitochondria it serves as a catalyst to convert the energy in food into cellular energy as Adenosine TriPhosphate (ATP).

The brain has the most mitochondria, then the liver, then the heart. The greater the oxygen, the greater the resulting energy available to the cells. The body is designed to heal itself so when we supply it with extra energy in the form of oxygen, it knows how best to utilize the surplus energy.
This is analogous to having unlimited power at a construction site site. A surplus of energy means no slowdowns on the construction site. All projects proceed at full speed.

Function, Repair, Regeneration & Metabolism all benefit when there is a surplus of cellular energy provided by hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Regeneration of new tissue and new blood vessels bypassing blockages caused by atherosclerosis (arterial plaque).

Oxygen molecules are tiny compared to red blood cells and can get deep into places where red blood cells don't go.

This helps in cases of Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, Wounds & Brain conditions (dissolved oxygen can easily pass from plasma, through the blood/brain barrier into cerebrospinal fluid.)

Typically hyperbaric oxygen therapy is done in programs: Daily applications 5 days on, 2 days off for one or two months.

Optimally, treatment incorporates rest, fluids, nutrition with the oxygen, because this is the repair part of the cycle.

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