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Since 1993, America's fastest growing free-standing hospital quality dispensaries of HBOT at a fraction of hospital cost!!!

Note to patients: The chambers we use are the most technically advanced  in the World and surround the  patient with 100% medical oxygen within 90-seconds of door seal without masks or hoods. No other hospital-grade ASME-PVHO-1 chamber, with FDA 510-K "clearance" can match this  performance or efficiency. You can rely on our expert technicians to control your environment and  you can relax in comfort with concert quality sound and entertainment.

Most sessions in the chamber are more than 90 minutes and may be up to 120 minutes.  Plenty of time to relax, watch a movie, listen to music and relax while your body gently diffuses in up to 25 times more healing oxygen into all tissue and clear fluids. Hospital standard care at a fraction of the cost. All treatment sessions in the chamber are at your prescribing physician's direction,  treatment pressure and timing of treatment ("Tx.") Your MD Knows best.

Note to referring Primary Care Physicians: Our Centers act as a dispensary for your prescription of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Our Center's Medical Director's role  is to assist you or your patient to  overcome problems that may be vexing and temporary but helped by HBOT.  Our Center's goal is to keep your patient in your care as their Primary Physician.

Call toll-free 1-888-691-1482  to arrange for a no-obligation tour at the nearest HCI center to you . . . we are unable to accept "walk-ins".  Meet our qualified staff, or make an appointment with our medical director.  

 Special discounts apply through  ALL of  2012  - YOUR FIRST TREATMENT IS FREE  - All HBOT Tx., including your complimentary first  Tx. must have a physician's Rx

Our Center relies on the responsive judgment of our attending specialists physicians for the most optimal  results for all patients (pediatric, adult, geriatric) for decisions relating to treatment pressures and times. We do not use a "cookie cutter" approach, since every patient is different.  Nor do we copy other practitioner's protocols (e.g., "Harch" protocols) since the needs of the patient may differ or alter during a course of HBOT Tx.

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HBOT Science, Part 1

HBOT Science, Part 2.

  There  is much confusion about Lyme disease treatments and many opinions. And  mythology  and misunderstandings about the mechanisms of HBOT - even from physicians and HBOT-technicians. This FREE 90 minute (in two parts)  DVD will present the latest peer-review science -- including the 2008 Fife, et. al., Texas A&M 'pilot' study of 91 Lyme patients and the results of comparison using HBOT  after years of intensive  antibiotic treatment.  Or, you can watch it right now by "clicking" on the yellow box above.

"Part  1"   explains why hospital costs are so high, and so inaccessible to patients and  why MediCare, MediCal, MediCaid and most health insurance companies will not pay for your hyperbaric oxygen treatments.

"Part 2"  explains the mechanism  of action of HBOT, how the body can harness external energy to defeat invaders and heal wounds and conquer chronic illness and restore quality of life.

 Contact us by email or telephone with a mailing address and we will send you your no-obligation free DVD which will play on your computer or DVD (to play on your television).

 

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FOX TV's Sherri Palmeri reported on hyperbaric oxygen therapy the treatment of Lyme disease.

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The inclusion of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the  treatment of Chronic Long Term Lyme Disease ("CLD"), or the preferred term of the Infectious Diseases Society of America ("IDSA") as  "Post-Lyme Syndrome" (PLS) --Lyme Disease is controversial, even amongst physicians that have their own HBOT Centers.

Changes are being made constantly in treatment (Tx.) protocols . Therefore this page is updated on a regular basis.  Reasons for part-answers to the bullet point questions are given when you scroll to the bottom of this page . . .

Click  San Diego Gateway Medical Center for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Click   Charlotte Metro Hyperbarics' North Carolina  Clinic

Click  Healing Palms Oxygen Institute Bonifay, Florida

 are the leaders in treating Lyme Disease, with patients traveling from all over the United States and the World, because of reputation and high patient success and satisfaction.

The New England Journal of Medicine Prevailing medical opinion is that Lyme sufferers cannot be cured! "Explaining that there is no medication, such as an antibiotic, to cure the condition is one of the most difficult aspects of caring for such patients. Nevertheless, failure to do so in clear and empathetic language leaves the patient susceptible to those who would offer unproven and potentially dangerous therapies . . . Chronic Lyme disease, which is equated with chronic B. burgdorferi infection, is a misnomer, and the use of prolonged, dangerous, and expensive antibiotic treatments for it is not warranted.2 "Feder, et al,  October 4, 2007 The New England Journal of Medicine, October 4 2007, Number

While we respect the medical opinions of these health scientists . . . OUR PATIENTS DO NOT AGREE THAT THEIR OPINION IS CORRECT!

Press Release May 1,

Attorney General's Investigation Reveals Flawed Lyme Disease Guideline Process, IDSA Agrees To Reassess Guidelines, Install Independent Arbiter

 

May 1, 2008"This agreement vindicates my investigation -- finding undisclosed financial interests and forcing a reassessment of IDSA guidelines," Blumenthal said. "My office uncovered undisclosed financial interests held by several of the most powerful IDSA panelists. The IDSA's guideline panel improperly ignored or minimized consideration of alternative medical opinion and evidence regarding chronic Lyme disease, potentially raising serious questions about whether the recommendations reflected all relevant science.

 

Our Centers have a high success rate in treating "Limeys." We carefully review the patient's medical records and talk with the patient's Lyme Literate Medical Doctor ("LLMD") . . . . we call  in local specialist physicians to consult if the patient isn't responding like we would want . . . we work with the patient on detoxifying  while undergoing the HBOT treatments . . .  provide massage relief from Herxheimer reactions . . .  frequent hands-on consultations and follow-up. We do understand how complicated the disease can be and that we need to take a multi-faceted approach in treating the disease and its co-infections. In other words, our patients are not going to just pay for a "block" of slots of HBOT at one of our Centers and either HBOT  works or it doesn't . . .  we will be here for consultants/adjustments to aid in healing throughout the process and, if-needed, afterwards . . .  it is a relationship. Many patients travel to our Centers from different parts of the U.S. . . . San Diego is a fine place to stay. So is Charlotte, N.C.

Our Centers provide additional health equipment to assist patients through the difficult Herxheimer reaction experienced by many patients. This equipment, is used under physician supervision and approval and, according to clinical observations and testimonials, reduces the unpleasant part of getting better by increasing lymphatic drainage and restoring muscle tissue. 

We are the only Centers in the U.S. to feature Medical Exercise With Oxygen Therapy (mEWOT)

THIS EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE TO OUR PATIENTS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST!

ASK OUR PROGRAM DIRECTOR ABOUT OUR HOSPITALITY SERVICE AND DISCOUNTS. Our associated centers have the lowest treatment charges for hospital standard hyperbaric therapy and we believe that our patients have the fewest amount of treatments to achieve the results that they desire.

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One of the fastest growing infections diseases in the United States is Lyme disease.     Lyme literate physicians prescribe HBOT as an adjunctive (support) therapy, part of an  interdisciplinery  approach which may include antibiotics, nutritional support and complimentary alternative medical detoxifying procedures.    Our Centers have has an extremely high success rate  treating patients suffering from long standing-disseminated Lyme disease, now commonly known as "post-Lyme-syndrome" or PLS. 

"45 - 70% of Bb patients have mycoplasma fermentens incognitus, 10 - 35% of Bb patients have Erlichia, 25-45% of Bb patients have bartonella, 8-20% of Bb patients have babesia." Professor Garth Nicholson, 2007.  

SHOULD THESE INFECTIONS BE ERADICATED WITH PHARMACEUTICALS BEFORE HBOT TREATMENTS COMMENCE?

All of these "bugs" (bacteria and parasites) can be transmitted by ticks and other vectors. There is much  debate and some confusion because of the incorrect assumption that HBOT will actually enhance some of these Bb coinfections. For example, because  babesia canis (Bc) chooses red-blood cells as a primary transport vehicle to infect the entire body, it is assumed that it does so because "it just loves oxygen." Not so, the Bc trophozoite cannot tolerate high oxygen tensions and HBOT will cause it to perish and will repair the microcirculation that Bc infections destroy.  So too with the other coinfections. HBOT, when administered at the appropriate treatment pressure, exerts a potent bactericidal and fungicidal effect and continues on to repair damaged cells, restoring normal organ function including neuronal circuitry. There is no doubt that HBOT act synergistically with many of the antibiotics ("ABX")  used to combat these co-infections and reduce the time these  ABX  needed for them to do their job.

Our observations are as follows.

  •     Some CLD/PLS patients are treated with HBOT along with oral or peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC lines) of antibiotics.

  •     Other CLD/PLS patients had previously been treated with various antibiotics, antifungal and  quinine Rx . . . with poor results. They then had  HBOT sessions with positive results.

  •     Yet other CLD/PLS patients had steadfastly refused to take antibiotics before HBOT, and had positive results.

  •    All of the CLD/LS patients underwent a period of herxheimer detoxifying reactions, indicating that the "bugs" were being killed off with the high oxygen tensions of HBOT. Some testimonial experience of such patients is listed on this page.

This simple question "Should these infections be eradicated with pharmaceuticals before HBOT treatments commence?" does not have a simple answer. Our Centers rely heavily on Lyme-literate medical specialists ("LLMD") to supervise the patient during HBOT  treatments and to consider the HBOT an adjunctive medication to their good medical judgment.

 Because referring physicians  who send their Lyme patients to our Centers prescribe appropriate dosage of 100% oxygen, all of our Centers follow their prescription carefully. Our Center's dispense HBOT at the appropriate pressures and for the length of time required to saturate the body, namely, one hour and fifteen minutes at the treatment depth. With the time  required for comfortable and safe pressurization and then return to room pressure, patients usually spend ninety minutes in the chamber at treatment pressures of at least 2.4 ATA (20 psig) to 2.7 ATA (26 psig), the pressure (dose of HBOT) dependent on the referring physician.

 Most of the Lyme Disease patients treated at our Centers have regained their health and eradicated B.b symptoms with 40 consecutive daily HBOT sessions of :90 minutes. In some instances, dramatically ill patients recovered in as little as 26 HBOT sessions.

HOW MANY HBOT SESSIONS ARE  NEEDED TO GET POSITIVE RESULTS?

Our observations are as follows:

  •     Lyme Disease patients (aka CLD/PLS") are all idiosyncratic (unique to each patient) and present with symptoms ranging from paraplegia to paralysis of vocal chords.

  •    PLS patients often are rid of B.b but still face long rehabilitation from their illness.

  •    Almost all PLS patients have been misdiagnosed with  multiple sclerosis (MS) and Lou Gherig's disease (ALS) because of the symptoms.

The simple answer to the question "How many HBOT sessions are needed to get positive results" cannot be defined at this time. CLD/PLS is idiosyncratic and  HBOT session requirements will be influenced by multiple factors and decided upon by the supervising physician.

There is considerable discussion between  registered physicians (M.D., D.O.) who claim to be "Lyme Literate Physicians" (LLP) as to HBOT  Tx. pressures and whether such Tx. should be consecutive daily Tx. For example, one published physician who claims to be a "hyperbaric specialist" recommends Tx. pressures of just under 2 ATA and five days Tx. out of each seven, with weekends off. That Center suggests that the PLS patient have forty HBOT Tx (5 /7 days) and then a break of one month and then another forty HBOT Tx (5/7 days) to obtain "complete resolution of PLS symptoms "and to "prevent the patient from becoming toxic from breathing high density oxygen."   Unfortunately, this dogmatic opinion is being accepted as "truth" by some.

We repeat the statement from the previous section:

Most of the Lyme Disease patients treated at our Centers have regained their health and eradicated B.b symptoms with 40 consecutive daily HBOT sessions of :90 minutes. In some instances, dramatically ill patients recovered in as little as 26 HBOT sessions.

If HBOT treatments are given on consecutive days with no breaks, will the patient be endangered?

From treating dozens of PLS patients at our affiliated centers, our observations are as follows:

OUR CENTERS CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE Rx OF PHYSICIANS (PACING AND tX. PRESSURE) TO OBTAIN THE BEST OUTCOMES AT THE LOWEST COSTS (REDUCED AMOUNT OF  HBOT Tx.) FOR OUR PATIENTS.

We leave the  last comment on giving  weekend breaks of two days to one of our specialist physicians, Doctor Brenton Wynn M.D. -- Medical Director at our San Diego Center: "When I prescribe antibiotics or other medications -- some of which are highly toxic -- I never tell the patient to only take them five days out of seven. In fact, I always caution and counsel the patient not to miss a dose. Likewise with HBOT, to give pause to the onslaught on the Bb spirochetes would be giving them a chance to regroup or even modify their behavior by going into their classic defense -- cystic formation. HBOT should be administered  according to the prescribing MD's prescription."  Brenton Wynn, M.D.

In view of the discussion and controversy regarding higher HBOT Tx. pressures for CLD/PLS  patients and the statement (made in the last section) regarding patients suffering oxygen toxicity when exposed to higher density oxygen (pressure) the following questions are appropriate:

What is the most appropriate treatment  pressure for CLD/PLS patients? and,

Will treating CLD/ PLS patients at higher pressures cause lasting damage?

Oxygen Toxicity

We discussed this question with members of or Scientific Advisory Board and the general consensus was as follows:

We present some testimonials.  These patient's battle with Lyme became a life-threatening saga. Lyme spirochetes are the "great pretenders" in medicine. During the patients' struggle to survive, all  suffered from a diversity of misdiagnosis from medical specialists and suffered the consequence of following  well-meaning but incorrect medical opinion and advice.  However, these  patients  were  referred to our Centers by "Lyme-Literate" physicians who view HBOT as another tool in their medical tool box. In effect,  these referring physicians arrive at an accurate diagnosis and include HBOT in their pharmaceutical  strategy to cure their patients. Our Centers become the physicians' dispensary of high density oxygen.

More technical details and clinical questions will be answered as you scroll down the page past the testimonials.

Our first Lyme patient -- "Limey" --  was successfully treated at one of our Centers way back in 2002.

 

July 2009 'WHY I TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY FROM SAN FRANCISCO  TO SAN DIEGO TO GET RID OF LYME DISEASE"  Caslin Tomaszeszewski


     In Feb of 2007 I was diagnosed with stage three chronic Lyme disease after 3 years of intense illness. At the time of my diagnosis I was bed-ridden and emaciated, pain-ridden and miserable. Over the next two years I underwent antibiotic treatment under the care of a Lyme-literate doctor, slowly recovering to a point where, in early 2009, I could function almost like a normal person, leaving the house and running errands, etc. However, although I could function well on a basic level in regards to these everyday tasks of work and chores, I was frustrated by how fragile my functionality seemed to be- for after two years of treatment, I was still unable to exercise, miss sleep, or exert myself in any way without immediately feeling ill again. It was because this frustration that I decided to embark on a more aggressive treatment plan (consisting of a combination of IV antibiotics and Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments) in attempt to break through the flat spot in my recovery. Enter Bob Sands and 2 months at the San Diego Center for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

    Upon arriving at the clinic in June of 2009 I was immediately struck by the atmosphere of the place. Rather than being rushed in and out for my appointments, I was encouraged to stay at the clinic, relaxing and sharing knowledge and support with other patients. Every single staff member wanted to hear my story, know about my lifestyle, ask what I had tried before. It became clear after a few days that the San Diego HBOT center wasn’t just a clinic treating patients with Hyperbaric Medicine, it was a social hub for patients and caregivers dedicated to improving the quality of life of its patients by whatever means possible, supplementing Hyparbarics with healthy helpings of moral support, real-time assistance, and advice on alternative treatments. I was consistently struck by just how comprehensively dedicated everyone at the clinic was- more times than I could count I witnessed staff and patients (including the technicians and even the front desk attendant) having long discussions on how they were going to make it possible for a severely ill patient to attend the clinic, developing a ride schedule in which they would personally pick up/drop off the patient, make sure they were fed and had all the proper meds, etc. All of this was done for free, with never a single comment as to whether or not it was necessary, or a complaint as to who would pay for gas. It was just accepted that these things were too important not to be done.

      And of course, let’s not forget the effectiveness of the treatment itself. After 3 weeks of combined hyperbaric and IV rocephin treatment at the San Diego center, I was shocked to find myself PLAYING SPORTS again with no lasting pain, breaking through that plateau of health that had limited me to every day basic activities. After 20 treatments I had joined an intramural soccer team, and was regularly attending the gym. My body felt stronger, my mind felt clearer, and I found myself enjoying better health than I had experienced since first becoming ill in 2003. By the time I left the clinic (after 40 treatments total) I was confident enough in my health to register for classes the following term, and subsequently returned to my academic career. In fact, I was so impacted by my treatment at the San Diego HBOT Center that I changed my scholastic goals, and after a year of schooling I am now a registered EMT and a Hyperbaric Medical Technician Intern at a San Francisco area Hyperbaric clinic. I am happy, healthy, and dedicated to paying forward the spirit of proactive healing I learned from Bob Sands and all of the staff at the San Diego HBOT center.

Caslin Tomaszeszewski

 

 

July 2009 'WHY I TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA TO SAN DIEGO TO GET RID OF LYME DISEASE" Megan Guthrie . . . .

      Hello everyone!! My name is Megan Guthrie and I am 24 years old. I live in the panhandle of Florida, and I've had lyme disease for at least the past 12 years, probably longer, but I was just diagnosed about three years ago.

      Over the years I've had numerous problems, everything from feeling like I was on the verge of insanity to passing out at work from a grandmal seizure. The main symptoms that bothered me the most were severe nerve and muscle pain in both of my legs, severe migraines, anxiety, depression, and chronic fatigue just to name a few. Pretty much every symptom that is listed under lyme disease I've had. So, to make a long story short, I went through at least 12 doctors before I finally found one that would treat me. For about 2 1/2 years I was on oral antibiotics (along with several other medications) and they never seemed to help. It finally got to the point to where my stomach couldn't handle the antibiotics anymore. I was so upset, and I had had it with waking up everyday, laying in bed most of the day, taking some pain medicine to try and get up, and then never getting any relief. I felt like a prisoner in my own home, and the pain was just unbearable at times.

      Finally, one day I was just so frustrated with having so much pain everyday, even with all of the pain medicine that I was on. I was determined to find a treatment that would work. I went to the computer and typed in "lyme disease treatment centers". The search results came back with "hyperbaric oxygen treatment centers". I didn't know much about this, but I did research, called a bunch of the clinics that I had found online, and finally found a great hyperbaric oxygen clinic in San Diego, CA called Healing Chambers of America.

       At this specific clinic they are very aggressive with lyme disease. They go down further than any other clinic I could find---2.8 atmospheres. This is very important for lyme disease. The lyme bacteria cannot survive in 100% oxygen. So, when you go down that far, it is pressurized so that you are breathing in 100% oxygen, and it kills the bacteria. Crazy, huh? Yet it's so simple. I don't know how to explain everything to the exact detail, but I do know that when I made the decision to find a way to go to San Diego and get these treatments, I was making a life changing decision and at the time was not even aware just how much this was going to change my life. This summer I went and got 39 hyperbaric oxygen treatments and I think it's safe to say that I am now a new person. I still am amazed at the difference between the way I felt 2 months ago compared to right now, present day.

      For the past few years I was bed ridden, in so much horrific pain. If I ever did get out of the house to do anything, it was only for a brief amount of time. I felt crippled when I walked, especially when I went up and down stairs--those were the worst. As far as medication goes, I was supposed to be taking 46 pills a day! Now, my pain is almost gone, down to a bare minimum. I walk and prance around everywhere like there is nothing wrong, because that's the way I feel. I have NO problem with stairs, and as far as medication goes, I'm down to only four different kinds, and I'm sure that before long I will be off of all of them!

      I'm so happy and still in shock. I just cannot believe that this whole time I was suffering, there was something all along that actually works so well, and it's all natural. Now that I'm doing so much better I want to tell everyone about it so that they can get help. My family was so impressed with the way that it worked, that they decided to open up a hyperbaric clinic themselves, so we cannot wait to start helping others move on to the path of healing. I hope that maybe my story somehow might help someone out there. Please, if you are suffering from lyme disease, I've been where you are. I've felt that pain. Find a way to go to Healing Chambers of America. My family had to have a fundraiser for me to raise money to go, and without a doubt it was worth it. The people that work there really do care about your health and about getting you better. They're wonderful people! So, get on it and go get better! They're waiting on you!!! Good luck to everyone and I hope you get to feeling better! Peace!!

Megan Guthrie

Excerpts from the Survival Diary of Janine Thill . . . .
     “In 2003 .. I started developing extreme fatigue, neuralgia, muscle spasm, acute joint pain in multiple locations. Depression followed, along with chemical sensitivity, extreme cognitive and memory problems.
     Finally in the beginning of 2005 I was tested for Lyme Disease. I was POSITIVE. Three of the four members of my family also tested POSITIVE.
     We all started treatment as recommended by the doctors which included many drugs: Doxycycline, Flagil, Amoxicillin, Zithromax, Mepron, Ketec, etc, . . . The list goes on an on . . . We did months of IV treatment. Our livers swelled, we had extreme headaches, sweats and fevers, lost vision, had tremors, lost muscle control.
      My husband was so sick my fifteen year old son would drive him to work (we are self employed) and then do the work for him while he laid in his work truck. My daughter and I were both so sick we had to drop out of a nursing Program at the local College, after attending four and a half years. This, after a year and a half of conventional antibiotics.
     Finally, in 2005, a friend told me about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (“HBOT”.) I was skeptical but started my research. Around that time a childhood friend tried HBOT and got his life back. It was an amazing transformation. I decided to try myself. It took a little while but I raised the funds and credit to have my daughter and I to travel to San Diego for HBOT.
     At San Diego Hyperbarics, the staff was excellent and the treatments were comfortable. In the beginning it seemed like NOTHING was happening except I felt toxic, as usual. I was very fatigued and emotional the first half of my treatments. By the 15th treatment my husband noticed that I had more energy and was more positive (I did not realize it at the time, but he did!)
    Then by the 21st HBOT treatment I noticed that I started to remember phone numbers. I had my ups and downs with Herxing, and I still had some neurological symptoms with spasms of weeping in frustration at my slow progress. Little by little the pain disappeared in my joints and then finally the muscle spasms were gone.
     By the 26th treatment that when I came out of HBOT, I felt good and had more energy than when I went in. At the end of the week, my sister visited – after a day of working – for dinner and a movie at night. It was the first time in years I could function and night and we had a great time. And haven’t stopped since.
     I am so thankful. Although everyone’s response can be different to HBOT, some patients may need more treatments then others, why wouldn’t you want to stop suffering and be the BEST you can be. Do it now! I only wish I done Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy sooner!”  I will gladly answer any questions that you might have about my recovery and HBOT ."

Janine Thill

Crystal Moran . . .

      I went through six years of illness with Lyme Disease. I experienced the emotional ups when my doctors switched to some new antibiotic and I felt better for a time. Then the emotional downs when the new meds seemed to stop working. My husband and I spend thousands of dollars on traditional medicine and thousands more on alternative. We were tired, frustrated and nearly broke.  
      My folks heard about Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments being successful in treating Lyme and wanted me to give it a try. I did internet searches about the treatment, but after so many failures still had doubts. “Can I really get better? If this truly kills Lyme Disease, how come this isn’t being proclaimed in all the medical journals?” My mind raced with questions of this sort.
      I left my Northern California Home to stay with my folks in San Diego County. I arrived in a wheelchair, weak and ashen. My dad was shocked to see how bad I had become.

      I started treatment at Hyperbarics San Diego January 3, 2005. After three weeks of daily treatments the world was born anew for me... I was totally cured! I felt wonderful! Strength, balance and endurance has started to return. Within less than ten days after starting the treatments new hope danced in my heart as I realized this was a gift from God. I was beginning to feel normal again. My health continued to improve over the 21 days of consecutive treatments.
      Now, three years later, I feel better than ever. My strength continues to grow and life is wonderful. I am back to enjoying participating in my teen age children growing up and all the many other little pleasures that being healthy brings into life.      Take it from me, Lyme Disease can be beat with Hyperbaric Oxygen. How I wish I had known about this sooner! I believe this is the best treatment for chronic or advanced Lyme Disease. I often thought the side effects of all the antibiotics were far worse than the disease. HBOT, however, was refreshing and invigorating. From the top down, the staff at  San Diego Gateway Center for Hyperbaric Therapy were friendly, professional and dedicated to making me a well person.

 Crystal  

Crystal became ill in 1999 and did not recover fully until 2005. Her story, her "song" is both informative and encouraging for those who have almost given up hope. To read of her journey from near death to quality of life . . . Crystal

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International cooperation to assist in a life threatening emergency.

"We are writing to you from Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine Centre from Constantza, Romania because we know that the patient Ana Ciobanu (daughter of Dr. Ciobanu) has already spoken to you few days ago. On Friday night, at 20. 30 (Romanian hour), after the HBO treatment the patient Ciobanu presented a cardio circulatory collapse (undetected blood pressure), lipothymy, chest pain, cough, short loose of sight and consciousness, and seizures. Only after subcutaneous adrenaline administration we could measure the blood pressure with 60/30 mmHg value. Her state was the same all night with vascular collapse resistant at adrenaline, dopamine, dobutamine in high doses, and also volume replacement. During her hospitalization she received heparin because doctors thought of a pulmonary thrombembolism. Craniocerebral and pulmonary tomography were normal."

  For  full details of recovery, go to Ana's story. Clinicians will find the details useful -->  Ana's Story

We recommend that you review the following information on . . . Lyme Disease Review

In summary:

We recommend that you review the following information on . . . Oxygen Toxicity

A number of our Lyme patients had already purchased and used these devices for many months  before they finally gave up and came to our Centers for treatment at the appropriate pressure of 100% oxygen.

There is much discussion on the merits of what are becoming to be called "hard chambers" and "soft chambers."  A number of  medical doctors  and other health practitioners such as chiropractors use the "soft" inflatable chambers and claim excellent results. However, other specialist physicians dispute the efficacy of  inflatable chambers, so called "mild-hyperbarics" (mHBOT) because they do not use oxygen but merely increase room air pressure to about 3 to 4 psig over ambient.  On the other hand,  conventional "hard" chambers provide 100% oxygen at pressure prescribed by physicians and known to  banish the many symptoms of of the Bb Lyme spirochete.

Our  Centers do not use nor sponsor the use of mHBOT inflatable chambers for a number of reasons. Laws of Physics do not support the claims of mHBOT advocates.  Click here for more information on the laws of physics that apply  to HBOT.    Also, our clinic has treated a number of patients that already undergone dozens of treatments in inflatable mHBOT chambers with no observable quantitative or qualitative  positive changes in their Lyme Disease.  After being treated in our conventional "hard" HBOT chambers at the correct pressures and for the appropriate treatment times, these patients showed rapid return to normal health.

The  graph clearly shows that  100% oxygen by mask at sea level delivers almost four times more oxygen to the patient than an inflatable chamber can deliver. However, to achieve the results of Fife and Neubauer in the treatment of Lyme disease, almost three times more than 100% sea-level oxygen is required and this can only be accomplished in our conventional "hard" hyperbaric chambers.

Note:  Regarding inflatable air-bag chambers :Recent media attention to the so called “mild HBOT” inflatable air-bag chambers is misleading. We believe these devices cannot be adequately pressurized  and a waste of time and money to their users.They ARE NOT hyperbaric  oxygen chambers. They CAN NOT provide the healing effects of hyperbaric chambers where the patient breathes 100% oxygen.

 Before making a decision to use one of these devices for your treatment, check out the science and the facts . . . . Inflatable Chambers

 

 


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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is routinely used internationally as an ADJUNCTIVE  TREATMENT or COMPLIMENTARY ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL (CAM) medical response to the following ailments and trauma:. Lymes Disease, Complimentary alternative medicine, Chronic illness, stroke, autism, pain, chronic pain, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy may help cure , control or stabilize problems associated with . . . Stroke, Crush Injury, Macular Degeneration Vascular Dementia, Autism, Thermal Burns, Laser Skin Resurfacing, Chronic Fatigue, Surgical Trauma, Swelling, Inflammation, Edema, Vascular Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Fast Plastic Surgery Healing, Silicon Poisoning, Severe Anemia, Bone Disease, Healing Bones, Osteoporosis, Migraines, Epilepsy, Pediatric Seizure Disorders, Gulf War Syndrome, Lyme Disease, Diabetic Wounds, Diabetic Maintenance, Infectious Disease, Complimentary Alternative Medicine, Rapid Sports Healing, Toxic Mold Infections, Head Injuries, Spinal Injuries, Breast Surgery, Tummy Tuck Surgery, Chronic Ill Health, Chemical Sensitivity, Smoke Inhalation, Delayed Smoke Poisoning, Chronic Back Pain, Chronic joint inflammation, Off-Label Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen by Physicians, Renauds, Disease, Near Drowning, Asphyxia, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Industrial Poisoning, Cerebral Edema, non-specific lung problems, Obstructive Jaundice, Liver Disease, Heart Problems, Facial Actinomycosis, General Surgey Infections, Problem Wounds, Malignant Neoplasms, Sking Grafta Spinal Cord Neuropathy, Management of Problems of Aging, Bells Palsy, Post-Operative Brain Tumor, Myelitis, Post-Operative Cosmetic Surgery, Acoustic Deafness, Optic Atrophy Periodontal Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Chron’s Disease, Shingles, Hepatic Problems. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cerebral Palsy, Shingles, Peptic Ulcer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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