Burns are one of the most common injuries in fires. They not only damage the skin but also penetrate deep into the muscles and bones. In severe cases, they can cause systemic changes, such as shock and infection. Proper treatment of burn wounds can shorten the recovery period, reduce serious consequences such as scars and swelling, preserve as many limb functions as possible, and ensure a beautiful appearance. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy wound healing is a good helper!
HBOT can promote early healing of burn wounds. After hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the blood oxygen content, blood oxygen saturation, blood oxygen partial pressure, tissue oxygen content and diffusion range of the burned skin tissue and the osmotic pressure of capillaries are improved, exudation is reduced, epithelial cell division and collateral circulation are promoted, and wound repair is accelerated.
Decompression sickness
Arterial air embolism
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Wounds that are difficult to heal due to diabetes, etc.
Hyperbaric chamber therapy for crush injury
Infectious necrosis of skin and bone tissue
Hyperbaric chamber for radiation injury
Hyperbaric chamber therapy in burn
Severe anemia
Acute and chronic ischemic and hypoxic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, sudden deafness, nerve damage (such as facial paralysis), cerebral palsy in children
Oxygen in the wound healing process is an important factor, which can affect angiogenesis, fibroblast proliferation, collagen formation, epithelial growth, and the bactericidal ability of leukocytes. Hyperbaric oxygen can rapidly increase blood oxygen partial pressure and blood oxygen content. Under 2 atmospheres of hyperbaric oxygen, blood oxygen content can increase to about 14 times that of normal air-breathing, with sufficient aerobic metabolism, improving ulcer surface tissue hypoxia and ischemia. It accelerates fibroblast proliferation, and collagen fiber production, promotes granulation proliferation, accelerates epithelial growth, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy is beneficial to wound healing.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can make fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and epithelial cells in a highly proliferative state, accelerate the proliferation of capillaries, and promote the formation of collateral circulation, thereby improving blood circulation and significantly reducing cell apoptosis caused by ischemia-reperfusion. It can improve local hypoxia, vascular spasm, and tissue edema after tissue injury, improve the permeability of capillaries around the wound, reduce edema, and promote venous return.
Hyperbaric oxygen can enhance the vitality and phagocytic ability of phagocytes and has strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. The higher the oxygen partial pressure, the stronger the antibacterial effect. Hyperbaric oxygen improves local circulation and creates good conditions for wound healing. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can increase the oxygen tension of the tissue around the wound to heal the ulcer, increase the killing ability of white blood cells, kill anaerobic bacteria, and inhibit the production of their toxins, thereby facilitating wound healing.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can accelerate the repair of myelin sheaths and promote the regeneration of neurons by regulating a variety of cells, related factors, and genes. At the same time, it can improve the local blood circulation of damaged nerves, change the local blood rheology state, reduce blood viscosity, and reduce white blood cell aggregation. Thereby improving the microcirculation and blood perfusion of the injured area, creating good conditions for the recovery of damaged nerves.
