Lyme disease may not be as mysterious as some other long-term diseases, but in some cases it can be just as heartbreaking to live with and just as difficult to treat.
It is carried by ticks, making anyone susceptible; the symptoms vary and usually worsen over time.
Many doctors have been unsuccessful with treatments and even simple diagnoses, prescribing ineffective antibiotics and pain pills.
But lately there have been connections between home hyperbaric chambers and Lyme disease, yielding much more victorious results.
One woman, Julie Payne, has become a kind of spokeswoman for the healing power of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT).
She has said that she had it for about two years before she even knew anything about hyperbaric chambers, and it was around the time that she finally found out she had Lyme disease.
Prior to that, doctors had continued to look at her and shrug, without any idea what she was going through or what they could do to help.
Some common symptoms for people with Lyme disease are weakened immune system, fever, fatigue, depression, and a unique skin rash.
These usually help doctors to diagnose the disease, but occasionally it isn't so distinguishable.
But left untreated properly, Lyme disease patients can have worsening or recurring symptoms.
Some people with the disease have gone on regimented antibiotic schedules for months or years and then declared cured, only to have a relapse a short time later.
For various reasons, doctors may not specifically recommend hyperbaric chambers for Lyme disease, but it's becoming more clear that they can be a tried-and-true cure.
Patients can lie comfortably in a home hyperbaric oxygen chamber while the capsule becomes pressurized with pure oxygen.
This replenishes the oxygen in red blood cells, making it easier for these cells to carry the oxygen to the body's tissue and organs.
The plasma can also carry the increased oxygen in the body.
This makes the treatment very effective for healing bodily wounds as well as internal functioning.
This makes hyperbaric chambers useful for Lyme disease as well as for cerebral palsy and some autism patients.
The length of the individual treatments and the duration of the overall hyperbaric treatment differ with each person.
Julie Payne had only experienced three treatments before the doctors informed her that the HBOT was working, and only eleven before she felt a complete turnaround herself.
She said that her senses were heightened, she felt more energetic and less lethargic, and she was healthier in general.
She never thought that after so long having to live with Lyme disease, the hyperbaric chamber would deliver such amazing results.
Though there are many success stories like this, no clinical studies have yet been conducted.
However, HBOT is becoming more popular and understood among doctors, so they are more likely to recommend it.
Like those who have to live with autism or cerebral palsy, many patients of Lyme disease and their families have started to believe that there is no cure; however, hyperbaric oxygen chambers are proving them wrong!
It is carried by ticks, making anyone susceptible; the symptoms vary and usually worsen over time.
Many doctors have been unsuccessful with treatments and even simple diagnoses, prescribing ineffective antibiotics and pain pills.
But lately there have been connections between home hyperbaric chambers and Lyme disease, yielding much more victorious results.
One woman, Julie Payne, has become a kind of spokeswoman for the healing power of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT).
She has said that she had it for about two years before she even knew anything about hyperbaric chambers, and it was around the time that she finally found out she had Lyme disease.
Prior to that, doctors had continued to look at her and shrug, without any idea what she was going through or what they could do to help.
Some common symptoms for people with Lyme disease are weakened immune system, fever, fatigue, depression, and a unique skin rash.
These usually help doctors to diagnose the disease, but occasionally it isn't so distinguishable.
But left untreated properly, Lyme disease patients can have worsening or recurring symptoms.
Some people with the disease have gone on regimented antibiotic schedules for months or years and then declared cured, only to have a relapse a short time later.
For various reasons, doctors may not specifically recommend hyperbaric chambers for Lyme disease, but it's becoming more clear that they can be a tried-and-true cure.
Patients can lie comfortably in a home hyperbaric oxygen chamber while the capsule becomes pressurized with pure oxygen.
This replenishes the oxygen in red blood cells, making it easier for these cells to carry the oxygen to the body's tissue and organs.
The plasma can also carry the increased oxygen in the body.
This makes the treatment very effective for healing bodily wounds as well as internal functioning.
This makes hyperbaric chambers useful for Lyme disease as well as for cerebral palsy and some autism patients.
The length of the individual treatments and the duration of the overall hyperbaric treatment differ with each person.
Julie Payne had only experienced three treatments before the doctors informed her that the HBOT was working, and only eleven before she felt a complete turnaround herself.
She said that her senses were heightened, she felt more energetic and less lethargic, and she was healthier in general.
She never thought that after so long having to live with Lyme disease, the hyperbaric chamber would deliver such amazing results.
Though there are many success stories like this, no clinical studies have yet been conducted.
However, HBOT is becoming more popular and understood among doctors, so they are more likely to recommend it.
Like those who have to live with autism or cerebral palsy, many patients of Lyme disease and their families have started to believe that there is no cure; however, hyperbaric oxygen chambers are proving them wrong!
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