Some have tried it and done well and others have not. I did many sessions of HBO in addition to having a beam ray on me at the same time and I didn't notice a big improvement.
At $100 a treatment I would look into all your options.
For some it works great and others not so good.
I don't think that I was at the right stage of my treatment. It was the very beginning of my diagnosis.
Search HBO & Hyperbaric- I believe there were quite a few posts on it.
God Bless heather
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I missed this post, However I will try and give you an answer that might help you make the choice.
If you have lyme and are treating it with abx therapy HBOT is an effective adjunctive therapy.
Here are the setbacks, If you are heavy metal toxic, have an untreated or undiagnosed co infection. Hbot will not be as effective. It will still put you in a better place than you where prior to HBOT...
I believe that it is most effective in those with neurological manifestations of lyme. (brain fog etc)
If you have a high viral load you should also address that first.
If you would like a power point presentation or studies, please send me an email
I don't know what area you are in. However if you are interested in HBOT feel free to give me a call first. If I can not help you I will try and find you a provider.
Blessings,
Julia
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Can you compare in detail the difference between the portable HBOT vs the ones with more pressure?
I think one can benefit from both but more from one than the other under different circumstances?
Thanks for helping me get clear on this!
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Portable chambers go to about 1.3 ata (atmospheres) and pressurize with air, and use an oxygen concentrator to give you about 80-90% oxygen through a small mask. If you use a rebreather mask you can get a more pure/higher amount of oxygen.
Monochambers can go to 2.4 ata, the pressure that tends to be used for lyme in clinics. Monochambers pressurize with oxygen. Multichambers pressurize with air, but you breahte in 100% oxygen through a hood or a tightly fitting mask.
In a portable chamber you are likely to get about 200% more oxygen in your tissues, approximately. In a mono or multichamber at deeper pressures you can get about 2000% percent.
This is what I know about it anyway. I've done both. I have a home chamber. It really helps me. I was a strong responder to hyperbaric and a bad responder to antibiotics.
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Hyperbaric worked great for me too. I did HBO while on IV and oral antibiotics and it made a huge difference in my health. Email me if you'd like info, my story is linked here with my experience with Hyperbaric included.
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Oxybabe did an excellent job of suming it up. The 100% Oxygen at 2.4 ATA has a lethal effect on the BB. The mild or portable chamber does a great job of maintaining your immune system and general wellness. However it will not be effective at killing the spirochetes...
You are right here, you can benefit from both. Especially if you are in an area where you are unable to get to a hard shell or if it is just not cost effective for you.
Unfortunitely, lyme is an expensive disease. And it is an up hill battle to get coverage for even the antibiotics to cure it. HBOT is most effective at 2.4 ATA used in conjunction with ABX therapy.
I hope this helps
Blessings,
Julia
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I should add that I do believe the portable chamber kills spirochetes, however perhaps not as many or as effectively as the hardchambers. I believe this because of the fact that after about 45 minutes to an hour in the portable chamber I get neck creaks and cracks, shoulder soreness and stiffness, and just generally the mild herx symptoms I know as die-off.
I think the ideal would be (for most persons, who can't use hardchambers frequently or longterm) to start with a hardchamber and hit the lyme hard for about 3 months, and then get a softchamber and use it once or twice a week to keep them from coming back.
Even in a hardchamber, there was apparently a study with mice, where there were no spirochetes seen after a month of hyperbaric, but then when tested again (I think it was 90 days later) they were once again infested.
Combining longterm hyperbaric with antibiotics is probably ideal but I can't tolerate the antibiotics for various reasons somewhat unique to me.
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My daughter did 70 hyperbaric treatments in two segments along with her abx. She did great to the point where she was totally rid of her symptoms (and abx) for over 3 years. Unfortunately she was rebitten and reinfected but her symptoms are not nearly as bad as they had been. She is on abx but is in college now and is doing pretty well. I would highly recommend hbot if you can afford it but make certain to do enough treatments - a minimum of 40 for children and much more for adults. We went to a great clinic in Deerfield Beach, FL, where they have individual tanks. If you would like websites, etc. to do research then contact me. I will forward them to anyone interested.
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Hi I own a hyperbaric chamber that was made by an undersea company I had it outfitted with stronger valves so I can get the pressure higher closer to the mono chamber units and therefore the oxygen percentage in my body higher If you interested email me but I am in New Jersey
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These things are not to be messed with. So if you had the valves changed please be sure that it was done by a qualified person. If you need help in finding one let me know and I will be happy to put you in touch with one.
Take this without mal intent.
Blessings,
Julia
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