Autism and Hyperbaric Treatments
Autism spectrum disorder is a range of
developmental or biomedical disorders, and autism affects many parts of the
brain. Symptoms begin in childhood and include social, communication and
behavioral impairments or differences. Autism affects 1 in 88 children in the
U.S. Boys are usually affected more that girls.
It is still not understood why autism occurs and causes have become the
subject of heated debates. Vaccines, metal poisoning, wheat and dairy diets
plus oxygen insufficiencies have been discounted. Generic ties have been
affirmed and research today focuses on identifying genes, environmental
triggers, infections brain, different brain developments, and problems before,
during and after birth.
Twelve years ago an anxious mother was told
her son had autism. She started studying about the disorder, attended
conferences and learned about treatments in a hyperbaric chamber. In this
chamber pressure is increased in an attempt to boost the amount of oxygen in a
child’s brain. “Hyperbaric is very useful, you never think autistic children
are going to stay inside the hyperbaric for 90 minutes because they are very
restless. What’s amazing – they like it!”
(http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AutismNews/story?id=7070353&page=1). This
mother went on develop several hyperbaric clinics beginning in Austin, Texas.
Her goal was to find a way to help the thousands of children who suffer from
autism.
In the early 2000s, this procedure has very
little scientific backing for its benefits, but a study of 56 children treated
at the Austin hyperbaric clinic in 2006 seemed to improve with treatment. The
treatment does not harm the autistic children.
Parents using hyperbaric oxygen therapy inAtlanta and across the country, have found that children with autism spectrum
disorder had a significant improvement in their function, receptive language,
eye contact and social interaction after several hyperbaric oxygen treatments.
Air in a normal room is 21% oxygen at a
pressure of 1 atmosphere. Autistic children in hyperbaric chamber inhaled up to
100% oxygen at a pressure of up to 2.0 atmospheres. They reacted well, and the
immune system seemed to increase its functioning. A hyperbaric chamber is a
pressurized, oxygen-filled chamber first used for SCUBA divers who surfaced too
quickly causing oxygen bubbles in the bloodstream.
Over the years, medical researchers have
found a number of therapeutic uses for the chambers that force quantities of
oxygen into the body very quickly. Hyperbaric therapy speeds up the development
of blood vessels and improves the outcome of wounds, gangrene, and cardiac
illnesses.
In recent years, medical scientists
discovered that hyperbaric could improve symptoms of autism by increasing
oxygen intake. This reduced the inflammation and hypo-perfusion of lack of
oxygen in the brain.
Children with mild cases of autism and
children older than five years of age benefit from the hyperbaric oxygen
treatments the best. These children tolerate the chamber well and many show
vast improvement.
If you would like to learn more about
hyperbaric oxygen therapy, give Atlanta Hyperbaric Center a call
770-948-4511.
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