Mechanism of Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber in Preventing and Alleviating Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Core Effects of HBO on Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Systems

1. Rapidly increase blood oxygen and improve ischemia & hypoxia

• Under high pressure, dissolved oxygen in blood increases significantly, penetrating into ischemic penumbra and edematous tissue that cannot be reached by normal oxygen inhalation.
• It quickly relieves hypoxic injury in cerebral insufficiency, ischemic stroke, myocardial ischemia, etc.

2. Reduce cerebral edema and protect brain cells

• Lower intracranial pressure and alleviate cerebral edema after cerebral infarction or trauma.
• Stabilize cell membranes and reduce neuronal death.

3. Improve microcirculation, resist thrombosis and promote collateral circulation

• Improve microcirculatory disturbance and stimulate neovascularization and collateral circulation in ischemic areas.
• Beneficial for recovery in cerebral infarction, coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular ischemia.

4. Antioxidant and alleviate ischemia-reperfusion injury

• Scavenge free radicals and reduce ischemia-reperfusion injury, which is crucial for tissue protection after myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction.

Recognized Clinical Indications

• Cerebral infarction (ischemic stroke): important adjuvant therapy in acute and recovery phases
• Recovery phase of cerebral hemorrhage (after stabilization)
• Cerebral insufficiency, dizziness, memory decline
• Coronary heart disease, myocardial ischemia: adjuvant hypoxic improvement
• Vascular dementia
• Peripheral ischemia such as arteriosclerosis obliterans of lower extremities

What HBO Can and Cannot Do

• Improve ischemia and hypoxia
• Assist recovery from cerebral infarction and coronary heart disease
• Relieve chest tightness, dizziness, fatigue
• Improve quality of life and rehabilitation speed in patients

• Not replace basic medications such as aspirin, statins, antihypertensives
• Not be used as casual daily health care
• Not replace necessary procedures such as stenting or surgery

Summary