Every time I run into someone with advanced Diabetes, and
they already have the "red legs" or worse and having learned
that that problem has to do with hypoxia, which basically means
not enough Oxygen supply to the extremeties it of course occurs
to me that HBOT should be able to help with that. There is actually
a lot written on the WWW about this but I only post an excerpt
of one of the studies supporting this:
".....Animal and human studies support these findings. All cells require oxygen for aerobic metabolism and cellular energy production. Hunt and Van Winkle showed that a minimum PO2 of 30 mm Hg is required by cells for functioning. Hunt and Pai demonstrated that collagen synthesis for maintenance and healing is oxygen dependent, with an optimal PO2 of at least 50 to 100 mm Hg. Sheffield showed that HBOT can provide PO2 levels in excess of 1,000 mm Hg in ischemic areas. Nemiroff et al., in a randomized, prospective animal study of ischemic flaps, demonstrated markedly greater survival of ischemic tissue when treated with HBOT (p<0.05). Kihara et al., in their controlled study of ischemic neuropathy, demonstrated that “hyperbaric oxygenation will effectively rescue fibers from ischemic fiber degeneration” (p<0.05). The effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen in clinical human studies is well documented, with acute ischemias arising from surgery and trauma having been particularly well studied. Bowersox et al., showed the effectiveness of HBOT in a large series of patients with ischemic flaps and grafts, as has Perrins. Shupak et al., demonstrated a doubling of the survival rate of ischemic limbs using HBOT. Hill et al., showed that even complex tissues, such as the ear, can survive severe post traumatic ischemia using HBOT........." (1)
And so on.
It looks to me that diabetic patients don't always need their feet
amputated but they could be rescued with Hyperbaric Oxygen.
(1) http://www.achm.org/index.php/General/Medicare-Accepted-Indications/Acute-Peripheral-Arterial-Insufficiency.html
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