Joseph asks…
Has anyone ever heard of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
I have been looking into it for my son. He has cerebral palsy. I’ve heard that it helps the brain. I’m just wondering if there’s anyone who has used this therapy and if it has worked of at least helped a little bit.
admin answers:
It’s actually not an alternative medicine. Hyperbaric therapy is simply increasing the oxygen available to the body under a certain amount of pressure. I’ve heard it as effective for wound care and other ailments. It’s also used for treating bends, when a diver returns to the surface too quickly.
There was a recent study of this theapy for children with CP, and the results were mixed, and some acrimony seems to exist between reviewers and researchers.
It’s worth at least spending some time looking into.
Ruth asks…
I need information from those who are knowledgable in oxygen therapy?
I saw this commercial a few days ago about this new invention for those on oxygen. I can’t remember a whole lot of the details but this thing uses the air around you to “create” the oxygen you need, so I guess you don’t need those oxygen tanks, and it’s light weight and like a white box. It’s a new thing on the market, but I can’t remember what it was called. Can someone please help me?
admin answers:
Hello… I happen to be an Respiratory Therapist… Yeah it works awesome… Can’t think of the name of it… But I have seen them before… I think they are known as Oxygen concentrators… All they do is take out the nitrogen… From room air. They work great… Hope this helps….
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