Dr Malcolm Ware is in the business of healing.
So when The Vet Practice (TVP) veterinarian heard about a non-invasive, drug-free way of treating a significant number of animal diseases that also promised to speed up their recovery rate, he was eager to learn more.
Typically used in human medicine, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is commonly used to treat diseases such as decompression sicknesses, as well as non-healing wounds (especially diabetic ulcers), necrotising soft tissue infections, refractory osteomyelitis, compromised skin grafts, crush injuries and intracranial abscesses.
However, in recent years there has been growing interest in HBOT in veterinary circles as a means of curing a number of illnesses and diseases, particularly those related to inflammation, poisonous bites, arthritis and infected wounds.
The treatment involves the impacted animal being placed into an airtight chamber and being exposed to high levels of pure oxygen. The oxygen molecules are able to penetrate compromised tissues at a rate three to four times farther than normally diffused by red blood cells.
