Macular Degeneration
Reversed with HBOT
Bojic L., Gosovic S., Kovacecic
H., and Denoble P.
Hyperbaric
Oxygenation in the Treatment of Macular Degeneration.
Split, Yugoslavia: Split Naval Medical Institute, pp.
1-4.
Dr. L. Bojic
treated 4 patients with advanced macular degeneration and severe vision loss
in a clinical trail with HBOT. Three of the four patients experienced a
doubling of visual acuity after HBOT. The fourth patient experienced a
four-fold improvement.
Although much
more research is needed and HBOT must be considered experimental in this
condition, it seems that a trial of thirty 90-minute treatments at 1.5 ATA
in a monoplace HBO chamber, combined with other therapies such as laser and
nutritional supplements, offers hope for additional benefit. This makes good
sense, because cells of the retina are specialized neurons–actually an
extension of the brain. Retinal cells would therefore be expected to respond
to HBOT, similarly to brain-injured patients.
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