TREATING DIABETIC SYMPTOMS WITH HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY

How Does Hyperbaric Oxygen Promote Healing?
How Does Hyperbaric oxygen Fight Infection?
What Does Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Do?

    HOW DOES HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY PROMOTE HEALING?

    Oxygen is one of the most useful and powerful agents available to the modern medical practitioner today. The therapeutic use of oxygen under pressure is known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been used to assist wound healing for almost 40 years.

    Diabetic circulatory disorders prevent the body from getting adequate levels of oxygen to support wound healing. HBOT has several specific biological actions:

  1. Oxygen used under pressure can assist wound healing.
  2. It can be used successfully in oxygen or blood supply deficient diabetic wounds, ulcers, grafts, and soft tissue and bone infection.
  3. HBOT combats clinical infection such as gas gangrene by enhancing the effectiveness of the white blood cell activity and the effects of antibiotics.
  4. HBOT acts in numerous ways that affect the wound:
    • HBOT forces oxygen into oxygen-starved tissues
    • HBOT reduces swelling and inflammation
    • HBOT increases the growth of new blood vessels
    • HBOT improves white blood cell function
    • HBOT provides antibacterial effects

    HOW DOES HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FIGHT INFECTION?

    HBOT actions which have been used to combat clinical infection:

  1. Infection makes less oxygen available to tissue. HBOT reverses this.
  2. The infection fighting blood cells become more efficient.
  3. Bacterial growth, particularly in the case of anaerobic bacteria, is inhibited.
  4. The effect of antibiotics is improved.

    WHAT DOES HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY DO?

    HBOT offers physiological benefits for diabetic wound patients. They include:

  1. Improved oxygenation of threatened margins of wounds.
  2. Generation of granulation tissue(the beginning of the healing process).
  3. Enhanced phagocytosis (destruction of the ‘bad guys’).
  4. Improved antibiotic delivery where oxygen facilitates transport.
  5. Increased collagen production and growth of capillaries (rebuilding of healthy tissue).

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy does not replace the traditional treatments for diabetes.

It can be an effective treatment for you to resolve unhealed diabetic wounds and reduce your pain and nerve problems caused by diabetes.

Make an appointment today to discuss what hyperbaric oxygen can do for you.

For a limited time, Dr. Spiegel will provide a free assessment to determine if you would benefit from this treatment.

Contact:

Dr. Allan M. Spiegel, M.D.
31608 U.S. Highway 19
Palm Harbor, Florida 34684

727.787.7077

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