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The current options available through the N.H.S. are physio and hydro therapies. Existing alternative therapies are: Rehabilitation of primitive reflexes, at The Bird Centre, Doman Dellacato programmes available in a few areas around the country and the Petto Institute, based in Budapest, with one centre in Birmingham.
H.O.T. directly treats the nutritional condition of the brain, through hyperbaric oxygen therapy and amino acid therapy, thus improving overall ability and enhancing the effectiveness of a home-based sensory motor programme to be used by family and carers.
HYPERBARIC OXYGEN (HBO) - CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL
MECHANISMS
HBO is the same oxygen we are breathing ( 19-21 %), but pure 100% under varying degrees of
pressure.
Dose: Dose is the depth (atmospheres absolute), the length of exposure, frequency and number of
treatments.
IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF HBO
Under pressure, oxygen adheres to all the gas laws of physics:
Displaces all other gases in the body:
Nitrogen in decompression illness
Carbon Monoxide
Cyanide
Follows the Law of Mass Action
Completely saturates hemoglobin
Increases plasma OZ by 2000%
Dissolves in cerebrospinal fluid, lymph, bone and urine
Perfuses all tissue spaces
Delivers metabolically available OZ without chemical energy transfer (Enough to sustain life without
blood)
Some life sustaining oxygen is made available as retrograde perfusion even with the absence of a
trickle phenomena.
Reduces CNS lactate peak in hypoxia
EFFECTS OF CONTINUED HBO
Bacteriostatic Effects, Synergizes with Certain Antibiotics, example: Streptomycin INH, PAS,
Sulfonimides and to some extent TMP.
Neutralized Certain Toxins: example: Clostridium (Gas Gangrene) and inhibits anaerobes.
Stimulates the Adaptive Immune System, especially in elderly (mice).
Scavenger of Free Radicals.
Deaggragation of Platelets.
Reduces Cerebral Edema.
Increases the Phagocytic activity of PMN Cells (white blood cells): Promotes Internal Debridement.
Stimulates Fibroblasts: (Collagen Production).
Promotes Neovascularization.
Promotes Epithelization.
SUMMARY
Blood is primarily transport and stabilization. All life takes place at
cellular tissue level.
