Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has long been used to combat compression sickness in divers. But at a hospital in Israel they're using it to address a very different malady - post-traumatic stress disorder ...
We met her this summer as she was two-thirds of the way through her 60-session course of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). It's a treatment long used to combat compression sickness in divers ...
Prof. Efrati emphasizes, "Patients suffering from PTSD should undergo HBOT only at professional hyperbaric centers, where treatment is delivered by multidisciplinary teams experienced in trauma care.
Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy within 9 hours of symptom onset of central retinal artery occlusion may improve visual outcomes. CRAO generally causes severe acute vision loss but consensus guidelines ...