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Conditions for which HBOT has been shown to be a useful adjunctive therapy:
Neurological: stroke, multiple
sclerosis, migraine, cerebral edema, multi-infarct dementia, traumatic
brain injury, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, brain abscess, anoxic
encephalopathy, vegetative coma
Plastic and reconstructive surgery: non-healing wounds, compromised skin
flaps and grafts, reimplantation surgery, thermal burns
Traumatology: crush injuries, compartment syndrome, severe blood loss
anemia
Orthopedics: nonunion of fractures, bone grafts, femoral head necrosis,
chronic osteomyelitis
Peripheral vascular disease: ischemic gangrene, ischemic leg pain
Treatment of certain infections: gas gangrene, acute necrotizing fasciitis,
refractory mycoses, leprosy
Gastrointestinal: gastric ulcer, necrotizing enterocolitis, adynamic ileus,
pneumotosis cystoides intestinalis, inflammatory bowel disease
Radiation Oncology: prevention and treatment of delayed soft tissue
radiation injury, osteoradionecrosis, enhancement of radiosensitivity of
malignant tumors
Otology: sudden deafness, acute acoustic trauma, acute tinnitus, malignant
otitis externa
Ophthalmology: central retinal artery occlusion
Obstetrics: pregnancy complicated by diabetes, eclampsia, heart disease,
placental hypoxia, fetal hypoxia
Poisoning: carbon monoxide, cyanide, hydrogen sulfide, carbon
tetrachloride
Asphyxiation: drowning, near hanging, smoke inhalation
Decompression sickness (DCI)
Air embolism
Diabetic Wounds, Foot Ulcers, etc.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chronic Fatigue
Chronic Migraine
This is not an exhaustive list, but the applications best supported by the
worldwide literature at this time. Several other applications are crying
out for study, most notably neonatal asphyxia, autism, epilepsy, coronary
insufficiency, hepatic failure, reflex sympathetic dystrophy and Lyme
disease to name but a few.
There are dedicated Protocols specific to each different condition. These protocols have been developed by Scientists, Professors of Medicine and Hyperbaric Physicians over the past 300 years and anytime there is a change in the 'Set Protocol', it is published in an annual publication called the International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine by Best Publishing Company.
Also see 'European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine' (The ECHM Collection) Volumes 1 & 2 by Drs. Marroni, Mathieu, Wattel, et al. Published 2005, by Best Publishing Company. ISBN:1-930536-23-3
If the protocols are not adhered to strictly, no assurance of a successful hyperbaric resolution to a condition can be given. In short, it has to happen the way the above mentioned and eminently qualified people say it is to be administered and holidays, family weddings in America or a week at the Races, etc., etc., in the middle of a 'Set Protocol' makes a mockery of 300 years of hyperbaric medical studies and indeed prostitutes good will. Smoking can also have a negative effect on hyperbaric medicine as indeed over indulgence in alcohol can with certain conditions.
For more technical information on the above conditions click HERE