Breathing Easier with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Studies show that Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can be very helpful in treating conditions such as Asthma and Bronchitis.

 Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While there is no cure for asthma, there are several treatment options available to help manage symptoms and improve quality of life. One such treatment is hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT).  

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber. The increased pressure allows your lungs to take in more oxygen, which can help reduce inflammation and improve circulation. HBOT is commonly used to treat conditions such as carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, and non-healing wounds. 

While HBOT is not a cure for asthma, it can help reduce inflammation in the airways and improve lung function. This can lead to a reduction in asthma symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath. HBOT can also help improve the effectiveness of other asthma treatments, such as inhalers and steroids. 

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Asthma and HBOT Dr. James M.D. U.K.

Oxygen is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent and asthma has been successfully treated by oxygen, especially at increased atmospheric pressure. The Russians presented data on the successful treatment of asthma in the International Congress Moscow 1981. Over the last 19 years operating high dosage oxygen therapy in the community many patients with MS in our charity have also had asthma and have found a much-reduced requirement for inhalers. NONE of the patients have had chest radiographs but of course all have had gas trapping in the lung. (It is not possible to remove it all by exhalation) We do advise patients if they have severe colds to use a decongestant, but the inflammation is considerably helped by oxygen.

Dr P B James MB ChB DIH PhD FFOM Wolfson Hyperbaric Medicine Unit University of Dundee

Bronchitis

K.K. Jain Textbook of Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine, Vol. 3

Efuni (1984) used HBOT in 92 patients with dust induced bronchitis. There was improvement in 88.9% of the patients as determined by tolerance to physical exercise and blood gas measurements. This is the only report from the USSR, and we find there are no studies in the Western Literature.