How Hyperbaric Oxygen Works
Oxygen is the giver of life. If you are not certain what the most valuable commodity in the world is, just hold your breath; the answer will come to you in about a minute or so.
With each breath we take, ~ 20% of the air we breathe is a new supply of oxygen entering our body. The oxygen enters the lungs, where it attaches to the red blood cells. Then, it is the job of the RBCs to transport the oxygen to the cells in your body. Our bodies use the oxygen to help grow, heal itself, and defend itself from disease and destruction. Oxygen is the fuel the cells use to metabolize glucose. This is how energy is created for the body to use.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is basically oxygen delivered under pressure. A hyperbaric oxygen chamber is a sealed chamber, in which oxygen is delivered to your body under a controlled amount of pressure. A Home Hyperbaric Oxygen System allows a patient to breathe up to ~ 95% oxygen while they are in a pressurized chamber, thereby greatly increasing the oxygenation of all of their organs, tissues, cells, and body fluids. It is the pressure of the chamber that allows for the much greater absorption of the oxygen provided. When a patient is in the chamber, the increased pressure causes the blood plasma and other liquids of the body to absorb much larger quantities of oxygen, greatly increasing oxygen uptake by the cells, tissues, glands, organs, brain, and all fluids of the body. This becomes a “goldmine” of oxygen, which can then be utilized by the body for vital functions.
This increase in oxygen allows for increased circulation to areas in spite of swelling or inflammation. At the same time, the increased pressure decreases the swelling and inflammation, helping the body to heal faster.
This additional oxygen helps in the healing process and enhances the white blood cells’ ability to fight infection. It can promote the development of new capillaries, the tiny blood vessels that connect arteries to veins. It also helps the body build new connective tissue. HBOT helps impaired organs to function better.
By providing the cells with an abundance of oxygen, the cells react by becoming more enlivened. The cells can now function more efficiently and carry out their processes in an accelerated manner. Cellular functioning -> cellular repair -> cellular healing!
This can effectively jump-start your immune system, motivating it into greater action. This increases its productivity, activity, and its effectiveness.
Healthier cells equals healthier tissues, organs, and bodily functioning.
The human body is often capable of healing itself when it gets what it needs. There is NOTHING the human body needs more than OXYGEN.
Some effects of hyperbaric oxygen in acute and long-term neurologic conditions: Hyperbaric oxygen helps to reduce any pressure within the brain caused by swelling. Neuro-circuits in the brain can reconnect. HBOT neutralizes toxic products in the brain and body, and over a period of time, enhances growth of new blood vessels. It also acts as a scavenger of free radicals and promotes internal cleaning of debris; hyperbaric oxygen therapy makes oxygen available immediately for metabolic use.
Bottom Line: For your health, begin to think cellular ! The health of your cells determines the health of your bodily tissues, which then determines the health of each of your organs of life.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy dissolves much greater amounts of oxygen into your cells -> tissues -> organs. Hyperbaric Oxygen dissolves increased oxygen into your blood plasma and cerebrospinal fluid. One of the most important facts to understand is that the health and functioning of your brain, one of your many organs, is most sensitive to oxygen deficiencies. The brain is also the most responsive organ to oxygen super-saturation. This seems to be the reason stroke victims, as well as other patients who have brain and nervous system-related conditions, and those with cognitive difficulties, respond so well to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.