June 19, 2008

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy gives the body’s healing process a boost

From the outside, it looks like something from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Inside, it’s more like a living room, with people relaxing, socializing, reading and watching television.

It’s one of the largest multi-patient hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers in the state, located at the Beaumont Health Center in Royal Oak. During the treatment, patients breathe 100 percent oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure, increasing the oxygen levels in their bloodstream 12 to 15 times and assisting the body’s natural healing process.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has proved effective in healing diabetic ulcers, wounds that fail to heal after radiation therapy, failing grafts or flaps and recurring bone infections.  Learn more now about hyperbaric oxygen therapy at Beaumont Hospitals.

Also get details on wound care services available in Royal Oak, Macomb Township and St. Clair Shores.