HARD HBOT THERAPY

[knackers323]

Does anyone have any experience with hard HBOT therapy?

meaning HBOT treatment inside a hard chamber that can give a pressure above the 1.3 that soft HBOT chambers can provide.

Higher pressures are apparently more beneficial

Here is one relevant study

http://news.rice.edu/2015/06/02/hyperbaric-hope-for-fibromyalgia-sufferers-2/

 

[anne_likes_red]

Hi, yes back in the late 1990s I did several courses of 5 - 7 consecutive days in a hard chamber.
My doctor also gave me 40 grams IV Vitamin C prior to each dive.

Prior to my first HBOT treatment I was caught in a cycle of repeated cerebral toxoplasmosis infection "flares" and rounds of antibiotics and steroids. FWIW I've never needed treatment since.
So my acute situation improved markedly but HBOT administered that way didn't lead to long term improvement of ME. I've wondered since whether 1 x per week over a longer duration might be a better approach for a chronic condition.

 

[knackers323]

@anne_likes_red how many 5-7day courses did you do in total and over what time span?

 

[anne_likes_red]

@anne_likes_red how many 5-7day courses did you do in total and over what time span?

I did four courses (one was only four days I remember now) over a 20 month time span.

 

[knackers323]

I’ve heard elsewhere that it’s suggested to do around 50 dives in one block

 

[Swim15]

I’m definitely getting a soft chamber, trying to decide if I could find the funding to get a home hard chamber.

On that note, there needs to be a forum section for each state where you could find people in/near your city and potentially share treatments/costs like a hard chamber