Posted on 03/25/2023 9:15:41 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Researchers compared treatment with a dedicated protocol of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to the pharmacology (drugs) treatment available today for patients suffering from fibromyalgia as a result of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The researchers found that the dedicated hyperbaric oxygen therapy is much more effective in reducing pain than the drug treatment, and it even resulted in the healing of 2 out of 5 patients.
Researchers recruited 64 Israelis aged 18 and older who suffered from fibromyalgia as a result of a head injury, and randomly divided them into two groups: one group was exposed to 100% pure oxygen at a pressure of two atmospheres for 90 minutes (with fluctuations in oxygen during the treatment every 20 minutes), five days a week, for three months. The second group received the conventional pharmacological treatment (i.e., the drugs pregabalin and duloxetine).
"The results were dramatic," says Prof. Efrati. "At the end of the treatment, 2 out of 5 patients in the hyperbaric treatment group showed such a significant improvement that they no longer met the criteria for fibromyalgia. In the drug treatment group, this did not happen to any patient. And in terms of quality of life indicators, which the patients themselves reported, we saw significant improvements in all the indicators among the patients who received hyperbaric treatment."
According to Prof. Efrati, the importance of the research is in healing the damaged brain tissue—and not in treating its superficial symptoms. "In the group that received hyperbaric treatment, you could see the repair of the brain tissue, while in the control group there was only an attempt to relieve the pain—without treating the damaged tissue—and of course the medication group experienced the side effects associated with drug treatment.
“This is a difference in approach: to cure instead of just treating the symptoms.”
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Private centers may not have the ability to fully follow the protocol, they state.
What is a weekend at Biden’s house in Delaware without it!
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