What is a Stroke?
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The brain requires a constant flow of oxygen in
order to function well. This is provided by the constant and uninterrupted flow of the
blood stream. Strokes happen when blood and oxygen to the brain get
suddenly cut off.
When
blood to the brain is obstructed, the stroke is called ischemic. When the
stroke occurs from a ruptured weakened blood vessel, we refer to it as
hemorrhagic. By both ways injury to the brain will occur called stroke.
A stroke is a
serious condition caused by a clot or hemorrhage of a blood vessel in the
brain, causing inadequate blood flow and oxygenation to the tissues.
Strokes can cause
significant impairment in language, cognition, and motor skills and effects can
last for years. Depending on the extent and location of the stroke; symptoms of
weakness, paralysis, visual disturbances, speech difficulties, and sometimes
loss of consciousness or even death can occur.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) improves blood flow to a stroke patient’s damaged brain tissues. During the
therapy, we use pure oxygen at higher than normal atmospheric pressure to flood
the brain, helping to reduce swelling in the first place. Throughout the treatments new blood
vessels begin to form, bringing vital nutrition the oxygen to the damaged brain areas in
order to help them begin healing.
Since
the early 1970’s, scientific journals have reported over 1,000 cases
demonstrating a 40-100% rate of improvement for stroke patients treated with
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). In the journalStroke, Dr. Richard Neubauer, a pioneer in the use of
hyperbaric oxygen and various neurological diseases, reported outstanding
results in a group of 122 stoke patients treated with HBOT.
Based on the
theory that increasing a person's level of dissolved oxygen using HBOT could
activate neuroplasticity and improve stroke-induced neurologic deficiencies,
Shai Efrati (Tel-Aviv University, Israel) and colleagues assessed the efficacy
of 2 months of HBOT for 74 patients who had suffered an ischemic or hemorrhagic
stroke 6-36 months previously.
West
Germany has long recognized the effectiveness of HBO in stroke rehabilitation
to the extent that now virtually all stroke patients in West Germany
receive a three week intensive course of hyperbaric oxygen paid for by
insurance companies.
Recent scientific research has revealed that while the more central areas of stroke involve brain tissue may be irreversibly damaged, there exists an area surrounding this tissue which may be functionally salvaged with the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
The brain consumes 20 percent of the body’s oxygen, but that is
only enough oxygen to operate five to ten percent of neurons at any one time.
The regeneration process requires much more energy. The tenfold increase in
oxygen levels during HBOT treatment supplies the necessary energy for
rebuilding neuronal connections and stimulating inactive neurons to facilitate
the healing process.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy provides extra oxygen under pressure, helps wake up
these idling cells so they can recover their function. Once these neurons begin
working again, many of the symptoms of stroke disappear.
The benefit of hyperbaric oxygen in stroke patients likely results from its ability to enhance the metabolism of so-called “idling nerve cells” as well as increasing oxygen supply surrounding the area of maximal damage.
What is hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?
Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is the process
of breathing 100% oxygen in a carefully controlled, pressurized environment,
resulting in increased oxygen delivery to the body tissues.
Hyperbaric Therapy dissolves oxygen directly into the plasma,
cerebral and spinal fluids, flooding tissues and vital organs with oxygen.
The most
important criteria being, for stroke survivors, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
reactivates the idling neurons, stimulates growth of new blood vessels,
prevents cell death, and improves neurological function.
In India,
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy by medical community is much under utilized when compared to their counterparts in the western and in the eastern parts of the globe. There is a strong need to
improve quality of life, survival rates and improve outcome of stroke and cut
treatment costs for those who are affected by stroke through hyperbaric oxygen
therapy. HBOT is cost saving compared to standard care alone in the
management of stroke and traumatic brain injuries.
Our aim is to
educate and provide you information about the healing opportunities
that you may benefit through Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and to help you, your
friends or your loved ones to heal and recover from the devastating
effects of stroke and other traumatic
brain injuries.
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