The basic principle behind hyperbaric oxygen therapy is easy to understand. In normal conditions, only red blood cells have the ability to carry oxygen. During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, inhaled oxygen dissolves into all body fluids – such as plasma, lymph, interstitial, synovial and cerebrospinal fluid – thereby providing the body with new vehicles of O2 transport.
The resultant increased oxygen levels improve the body’s ability to create new blood vessels (angiogenesis), build new connective tissue and foster the growth of new cells (fibroblast formation) and aid in the ability of white blood cells to destroy bacteria and remove toxins (an increased immunologic response). Areas of the body that may have had restricted blood flow because of injury or disease are able to receive oxygen during HBOT.
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