One of the earliest documented cases of HBOT to treat complications of Crohnâs disease (CD) was in 1989. It was a woman with "severe perineal CD that defied medical therapy for eight years". In this particular case the woman was treated with...
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With Her Son Suffering from a Mysterious Illness, One Mother Finds Hope in an Experimental Treatment
The lowest point comes a few months later, when he undergoes an endoscopy-colonoscopy-biopsy. He has a bad reaction to the general anesthesiaâas he comes out of it, his eyes bulge wide and he starts wailing, a loud, screechy sob that reminds me...
Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Treat Ulcerative Colitis?
One woman with UC shares how hyperbaric oxygen therapy helped her recover from a severe flare.There is no cure for ulcerative colitis. It took me a long time to realize that the chronic condition is a lifelong journey with a number of therapies that can help along the...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Benefits Hospitalized Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy was effective, safe and well tolerated in hospitalized patients with ulcerative colitis experiencing moderate-to-severe disease flares, according to data from a randomized, double blind, sham-controlled trial presented at the 12th Congress of...