| Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and Chelation therapy | | | | hand, needs to be operated by two people and |
| are two of the alternative medications that are | | | | fits two people. |
| gaining worldwide recognition for the illness that | | | | Chelation therapy was first known when the |
| they can treat. In order to be updated about | | | | father of modern biochemistry, Alfred Werner |
| these two ground-breaking medications. Let us | | | | develops the theory of coordination compounds |
| talk more about their histories and where they | | | | or chelates in 1893. This was a turning point in |
| came from. Are you okay with that? Good. | | | | reclassifying inorganic compounds and Alfred |
| Hyperbaric oxygen therapy which literally means | | | | Werner received the Nobel Prize in 1913. In the |
| "high pressure" like a lot of modern inventions has | | | | 1920s, Chelation therapy then became very |
| been viewed as new and controversial but the | | | | important as industrial production developed. |
| fact is, it is really not that new. The concept of a | | | | Industrial materials such as paints needed |
| hyperbaric treatment has already been in | | | | elimination of heavy metal contamination in order |
| existence since as early as 1662. But it was first | | | | for these to be sold in the world market. At first, |
| clinically used during the mid 1800s. It was the U.S. | | | | citric acid was initially used to eliminate heavy |
| Military after World War I who were the first to | | | | metals, but the Germany developed its own |
| test and develop hyperbaric chambers. Hyperbaric | | | | chelating agent, this was EDTA. |
| oxygen therapy was then first used safely on | | | | Chelation therapy was then used during the first |
| sea divers to treat their decompression sickness. | | | | world war by the British to treat soldiers that |
| Then in 1950, a lot of clinical trials were held that | | | | were exposed to arsenic based poison gas, which |
| uncovered the benefits of hyperbaric chambers | | | | was used indiscriminately during that war. Then it |
| and paved the way for more contemporary | | | | was also used during the second world war on |
| applications in the clinical setting. | | | | navy personnel who were exposed to lead |
| Now, hyperbaric chamber is already U.S. FDA | | | | poisoning from the paint on navy vessels. EDTA |
| approved and proven to treat a lot of illnesses | | | | was the chelating agent used. |
| such as autism, ADD/ADHD, diabetes, stroke, | | | | Now, chelation therapy is U.S FDA approved and |
| head injuries, Alzheimer's disease and Crohn's | | | | used to treat heavy metal toxicity such as lead |
| disease. Now, hyperbaric chambers can be | | | | poisoning, hypercalcaemia, and ventricular fibrillation. |
| personally administered at home or the office | | | | It has also been reported to treat heart disease, |
| without any medical supervision. Hyperbaric | | | | autism, osteoarthritis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, |
| chambers are now available for sale and for rent | | | | Fibromyalgia, organic poisoning, diabetes, and |
| and come in two sizes, the single and the double | | | | macular degeneration. |
| bag. The single bag can be operated solo and fits | | | | Our little history lesson ends here. Bye for now! |
| only one person. The double bag, on the other | | | | |