Table: Disorders Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

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Disorders Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy seems to benefit people with some disorders. These include Air embolism Blockage of the large artery or vein that supplies the retina in the eye Clostridial infection (a severe bacterial infection of soft tissues) Decompression sickness Death of bone caused by radiation therapy (osteoradionecrosis) Infection with “flesh-eating bacteria” (necrotizing fasciitis) Poorly healing skin grafts Severe bone infection (osteomyelitis) Severe burns Severe carbon monoxide poisoning Severe crushing injury, usually of a limb Soft-tissue injury caused by radiation therapy Wounds in limbs that have poor blood supply It is not clear whether treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps people with other disorders, and studies in these disorders are still being done: Brain abscess caused by actinomycosis Severe anemia and very low blood pressure due to blood loss

Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy seems to benefit people with some disorders. These include

Air embolism
Blockage of the large artery or vein that supplies the retina in the eye
Clostridial infection (a severe bacterial infection of soft tissues)
Decompression sickness
Death of bone caused by radiation therapy (osteoradionecrosis)
Infection with “flesh-eating bacteria” (necrotizing fasciitis)
Poorly healing skin grafts
Severe bone infection (osteomyelitis)
Severe burns
Severe carbon monoxide poisoning
Severe crushing injury, usually of a limb
Soft-tissue injury caused by radiation therapy
Wounds in limbs that have poor blood supply

It is not clear whether treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps people with other disorders, and studies in these disorders are still being done:

Brain abscess caused by actinomycosis
Severe anemia and very low blood pressure due to blood loss

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Disorders Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy