Cancer

Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy works best in conjunction with other therapies e.g. chemo, radiation and diet control such as ketogenic diet. Cancer cells run metabolically on fermenting sugar and there is no oxygen involved but if you starve those cells of sugar and feed them oxygen then this interrupts the fermentation process and that is where the benefits are seen. Radiotherapy can be used to treat cancer cells however the radiation also affects normal healthy cells and blood vessels and they can become damaged, this makes it harder for oxygen to reach these cells.  

Over time the tissue which is made up of damaged cells due to the radiation becomes weaker and some tissues may even die over a period of weeks or months. HBOT therapy can help treat the damaged tissues and help them heal from the radiation damage.

Research has shown that HBOT treatment may help with the following side effects :

• Prevents infection

• Decreases chance of hair loss

• Triggering the growth of new blood vessels, which increases the flow of blood and nutrients to your tissue

• Boosting the performance of your white blood cells to prevent infection and kill bacteria

• Reducing pressure, swelling, or pain in your cancer site

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Furthermore when surgeons remove cancer they sometimes need to take away large areas of the skin and this may create a skin flap or skin graft and sometimes there can be complications for the graft or flap to heal properly. But with HBOT the area is able to be oxygenated so that the layers of skin heal properly. HBOT may have mild side effect, if they do occur they are usually moderate and pass quickly.

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