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Diabetic wound is an example of the wound that can benefit from hyperbaric oxygen
treatments. It is very well documented by many studies and approved by Medicare
and many other insurance carriers.
During hyperbaric oxygen treatment session, the elevation in amount of blood and
tissue oxygen, improved the ability of tissues to heal and promotes healing
process. It is important to remember that the hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used
best in conjunction with standard wound care, blood sugar control, diet, and if
needed antibiotics. All those modalities combined improve outcomes. In some
cases the effectiveness of the combines treatment protocol is so significant that
it may allow NOT TO AMPUTATE the limb.
Decreased swelling (edema): In order to heal, the tissues develop the inflammation
and swelling to bring more oxygen and nutrients to the healing areas. On one
hand, it is very important for healing, on the other hand, especially in the legs
it leads to edema, pain and congestion. If the swelling is excessive, like in
many patients with diabetis, swelling can actually compromise the blood flow.
Hyperbaric Oxygen treatment delivers oxygen to the target tissues by increasing
the concentrtation of oxygen on the blood and decreases the production of pro-
inflammatory factors. As such, the delivery of oxygen is preserved and so is
edema.
Antibacterial effect: You may not be aware that the Oxygen is actually one of the
prime weapons our body has to fight the infection. The free radicals are able to
effectively kill many types of bacteria. Oxygen is also one of the mechanisms by
which your white blood cells kill bacteria. As you know, despite their name,
many antibiotics do not actually kill the bacteria. They rather prevent the
ability of bacteria to multiply. The task of killing the bacteria still falls
onto our immune system armed with oxygen derivatives. Hyperbaric Oxygen
Treatments help to contain the infection and to allow our immune defenses to fight
the infection.