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Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory
disease of a chronic nature that is characterized primarily by
a pattern of involvement of the synovial joints. The inflammatory
process may involve soft tissues such as tendons, ligaments and
muscle, and it may invade the bone.
The cause of the disease remains uncertain; suspected
reasons include immune disturbances and infectious causes.
There is some evidence that rheumatoid arthritis is
an allergic reaction. A chemical response in the body leads to
the injury and inflammation of the joint tissues.
The effects of rheumatoid arthritis are more readily
identified. The joint synovium becomes damaged and inflamed.
The inflammatory materials stimulate the tissues to swell up,
the blood circulation is disturbed, the local tissue is anoxic
(lacks oxygen) and the cell metabolism to slow.
Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, is evident in rheumatoid
arthritis. The causes of hypoxia have been identified as:
Increased demand for oxygen by an inflamed joint.
Decrease of blood flow to the joint by raised intraarticular
pressure.
It is found that Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
is markedly superior to the routine treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.
It has become a standard of practice in many countries.
Clinical practice has proved that HBOT has good effects
on repercussion, analgesia lowering blood sedimentation, stabilizing
immunologic function and strengthening the body resistance to
eliminate pathogenic factors, and is beneficial to the repair
of the diseased joints.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has actually been found
to inhibit the development of the disease process. HBOT can suppress
inflammation due either to immune factors of infections. Moreover,
daily HBOT suppresses the inflammatory response even if given
when the arthritis is fully developed; however, the treatment
of RA with HBOT is more effective in the early stages of the
disease.
Hyperbaric Oxygen can make the body produce peroxides
to limit many kinds of enzymes. HBOT can make the blood oxygen
partial pressure increase, ten times. The delivery of oxygen
to tissue makes the circulation better and the state of local
ischemia (lack of blood flow) and anoxia (lack of oxygen) is
corrected. The metabolism is strengthened. All these effects
are beneficial to removing the joint swelling.
Nowhere has hyperbaric Oxygen been more actively advanced
in treating rhueumatoid arthritis than in Europe and Asia.
In 1995, the Proceedings of the Eleventh International
Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine published the results of one
particular study. These results indicated the effect of Hyperbaric
Oxygen on the disease.
Cured 23.4%
Obvious effect 51.4%
Improvement 16.2%
No effect 8.1%
The total summarized effective rate of Hyperbaric
Oxygen in treating rheumatoid arthritis was 91.9 percent.
The authors of the study concluded:
“In the treatment we find that Hyperbaric Oxygen
is markedly superior to the routine treatment. Its advantages
are as follows:
1. the repercussion of the joint is fast, the effect
of analgesia is good;
2.the curative and obcious rate is high.”
Lifestyles Therapeutics Camrose Inc
Blaine Ferguson, CMT, HCO, CHT
Swedish Massage
Tai Chi/Qi Gong Instructor
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Ozone Therapy
4910 - 49 Ave., Camrose, Alberta,
Canada, T4V 0M8
Phone: 780-672-6942
Fax: 780-672-6942
E-Mail: blaineferguson@hotmail.com |
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