Some Say TBI Cure is In the Air

[unhappycamper]

Some Say TBI Cure is In the Air
August 03, 2010
Military.com|by Bryant Jordan

It seems the stuff of science fiction.

Take a patient with a wound or injury and place him in a chamber where he is exposed to 100 percent pure oxygen for up to one to two hours, and the wound miraculously heals.

But take the "fiction" out of the science and it’s now accepted medicine in cases of fractures, burns, severe blood loss, carbon monoxide poisoning and a half-dozen other injuries or conditions.

And some doctors say the treatment, dubbed "hyperbaric oxygen therapy," can be useful to veterans suffering one of the signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- traumatic brain injury.

"HBOT stimulates growth and repair of any chronic wound, and TBI is a wound," said Dr. Paul Harch of the International Hyperbaric Medical Association, who last month lobbied for the treatment before the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

[babylonsister]

1. There's some good news if it works. Thanks, uhc. nt

[Bosso 63]

2. I hope they are on to something with this.

[CanSocDem]

3. "Science fiction?"

This therapy has been used for years treating 'high value' athletes.

But like many non-pharmaceutical treatments, it has escaped the attention of the American people while the industry players jockey for position.

What if it does a better job than the current treatment...???

Heaven forbid, what if it actually cures a condition???

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/med/hyper-eng.php


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[ThomWV]

4. And "some say" your horoscope is the best indicator of how your day will go

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. I have seen good results. K&R

[druidity33]

6. It didn't save Michael Jackson. nt.