Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Fibromyalgia is known as a syndrome and it hasHyperbaric oxygen is not a cure; but it does help
puzzled researchers and physicians since it firstpatients to feel better and do more, and this
began to be recognized as a legitimate syndrome,often revives their desire to do even more.
and given a name. Even today, the scientificHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is a safe, effective
community does not know much more aboutmethod of delivering increased oxygen to the
Fibromyalgia than it did 15 years ago.body's cells, tissues, organs, and fluids.
And I certainly do not have all the answers either.Breathing oxygen in a hyperbaric chamber gives
However using hyperbaric oxygen therapy, aus up to a 400% increase from the amount of
therapy that is much more widely used in Europeoxygen available in normal air.
and Asia than in the USA, there have beenHyperbaric oxygen therapy dissolves oxygen
enough successes to make it a therapy worthydirectly into the plasma, brain and cerebrospinal
of being studied and examined as it is in the US,fluids.
today. And while it is still being studied in the USAThe increased pressure causes the blood plasma
to "prove" its usefulness, not everybody wants toand other liquids of the body to absorb MUCH
wait for the USA to catch up to Europe and AsiaLARGER QUANTITIES of oxygen, greatly
to obtain the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen.increasing oxygen uptake by the cells, tissues,
Using SPECT Scans, a study from the Universityglands, brain, other organs, and fluids of the body.
of Alabama found that there is a lessened brainThe resulting increased uptake of oxygen allows
blood flow in people suffering from Fibromyalgiafor increased circulation to areas that may have
than in people without Fibromyalgia.swelling or inflammation. At the same time, the
Hyperbaric therapy works by greatly increasingincreased pressure decreases the swelling and
cellular oxygen intake, which is one of the maininflammation.
results of increasing blood flow. Perhaps this is oneOxygen is then utilized by the body for vital cell
explanation as to why hyperbaric oxygen hasfunctions. Healthier cells equals healthier tissues,
been found to help people suffering fromorgans, and bodily functioning.
Fibromyalgia.