Brain Injury

Good News for Veterans: Treatment for TBI, PTSD, and Depression

Seventeen years ago, Paul G. Harch, M.D., discovered that hyperbaric oxygen therapy at 1.5 atmospheres of pressure (HBOT 1.5) could repair a chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN GLOBAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA/ANOXIA AND COMA

For a discussion of the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in global cerebral ischemia/anoxia and coma, we define HBO as a medical treatment that uses high pressure oxygen as a drug by fully enclosing a person or animal in a pressure vessel and then adjusting the dose of the drug to treat pathophysiologic processes of the diseases.

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A Report from Parents on How Their Children's Lives Have Been Improved by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

When my daughter, Jessica, was born in 1973 her brain was damaged from loss of blood during delivery through a slit in the umbilical cord.

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Cerebral oxygenation and the recoverable brain

Oxygenation is the most critical function of blood flow and a sudden reduction in oxygen availability is an
inevitable consequence of severe ischemic.

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Hyperbaric Oxygen for Brain Injury

This is an important study which adds in a positive way to the significant body of literature amassing that confirms the usefulness of HBO in treating closed head injury, including patients in a vegetative state.

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Brain Injury Improves With Hyperbaric
Oxygen

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a technique in which patients breathe pure oxygen in a chamber with a higher-than-normal atmospheric pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is commonly used to treat people suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning or divers with decompression sickness.

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The Effect Of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy On Improvement Of Speech, Language, And Cognitive Deficits Observed In A Traumatic Brain Injury

The effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has been controversial as it concerns
traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. In this report we present the results of HBO treatment of a
TBI patient presenting with right side dominant hemiparesis and some speech impairment.

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Clinical Study: Mild Hyperbarics for Impaired Brain Function

Dr. Gunnar Heuser, a toxic exposure specialist, documented results of a series of hyperbaric treatments on 9 patients suffering from Impaired Brain Function. The purpose was to study the effects of 1.3 ATA of hyperbaric therapy on those patients. View entire story

Medical Studies/Resources

The near drowning of a 3 year old resulted in the child being wheel chair
dependent, mental retardation. At 17 years of age, the patient received 52 HBOT sessions
ensuing significant improvement. After 200 HBOT sessions the subject now walks upstairs
with support, speaks English and Spanish. View entire story