HBOT - Multiple Sclerosis ( MS)

Multiple Sclerosis is a condition of the nervous system that makes a person very weak and infirm.

Nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord gradually lose their protective covering, called myelin. When this occurs, the electrical nerve impulses do not travel through the nerve correctly, and therefore, the signals are slowed. 

There are two patterns that Multiple Sclerosis typically follows:

1) Relapsing/Remitting:

The most common type in which there are times of relapses and remissions. During a relapse, the disease is active and the nerves are damaged causing new symptoms or worsening of existing symptoms. During a remission, the disease process is quiet, yet there still may be symptoms from previous damage &/or progression of the nerve damage without new symptoms.

2) Chronic and Progressive:

Less common type in which there is gradual worsening of nerve damage and symptoms over many years, without relapses or remissions.

The exact cause of Multiple Sclerosis is still unknown, there are many theories that developed over the years.

A) Viral infection: The body reacts to inflammation caused by a virus

B) Autoimmune dysfunction: The body attacks its own nerves, causing a loss of myelin sheaths around the nerves

C) Fat emboli: Fat particles become lodged in blood vessels within the brain, resulting in blockage of circulation and swelling of tissues

D) Environmental toxicity: High levels of toxins, especially zinc and mercury, build up and cause damage in the nervous system

E) Hypoxia: MS is a wound in the central nervous system that arises when chronic high blood pressure within the brain and spinal cord damages blood vessels and leads to changes in the nerve tissue resulting in decreased oxygen, or hypoxia. This hypoxia then leads to destruction of the myelin sheaths Many recent studies have supported the theory that hypoxia is the cause of MS.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy decreases:

1)Viral loads

2)Modulates the immune system

3)Decreases toxicity by supporting liver detoxification

4)Dramatically increases the level of oxygen in all of the body’s tissues, 

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is probably not a complete cure for Multiple sclerosis, however, it provides a significant opportunity to control and stabilize the disease process and slow the progression by altering the natural course of the disease. 

Documented benefits of treating MS with HBOT include improvements in: 

Fatigue, balance, vision, bladder control, bowel control, coordination, speech, sensory perception and limb mobility.

Thousands of people word wide with MS have been treated with HBOT and have experienced great benefit without any serious side effects.

The awareness and results demonstrated worldwide from hyperbaric oxygen therapy for conditions such as multiple sclerosis drive us to spread the word and help be a resource for those who may benefit from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy therapy.