Carbon monoxide poisoning treatment
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
The goal of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The goal of carbon monoxide poisoning is to remove carbon monoxide from the hemoglobin (Hb) in the blood and return the level of oxygen in the blood back to normal as quickly as possible.
It is most effective if carbon monoxide poisoning treatment is given while unsafe levels of carbon monoxide are still in the body and
bloodstream.
The risk of damage resulting in additional symptoms
and short term effects, long term effects,
and brain damage can be reduced with rapid hyperbaric oxygen
therapy.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves a patient breathing pure oxygen while they are placed in a sealed chamber at
greater than normal atmospheric pressure.
Breathing pure oxygen under pressure dissolves the oxygen into the blood, lymph, plasma, fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord (cerebrospinal fluid), and other fluid compartments of the body.
Oxygen is required for the growth, repair, and preservation of cellular function. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
accelerates healing by increasing oxygen supply to diseased or injured areas.
This stimulates new blood vessels and reduces swelling after brain injury. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy acts as an
antimicrobial and enhances natural immunity by improving the function of white blood
cells.
Some hyperbaric units can accommodate two adults or an adult accompanying a young child during treatment.
Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for carbon monoxide poisoning treatment accelerates the normal healing process by
delivering an increased supply of oxygen to all areas of the body including those areas where an injury or disease
process has cut off blood supply.
Oxygen is essential to life. It is required by every cell of the body for the growth, repair, and preservation
of cellular functioning. It is also necessary for proper healing of injuries.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy stimulates the formation of new blood vessels, especially to areas with reduced blood
supply. This process is known as angiogenesis.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is especially beneficial in circumstances where blood (and therefore oxygen) supply to
the brain has been reduced such as strokes, drowning, strangulation, and carbon monoxide poisoning treatment.
It greatly reduces swelling including the swelling that occurs after a brain injury (cerebral edema).
It also acts as an antimicrobial against many types of bacterial infections.
It enhances the body and its natural immunity by improving the function of white blood cells, cells that fight
infection.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is approved by the American Medical Association (AMA), the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) Health Canada, and similar associations in other countries for the treatment of conditions
including carbon monoxide poisoning, non-healing diabetic foot wounds, osteomyelitis, burns and radiation
injury.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can also be used in the treatment of cerebral palsy, stroke, lyme disease, autism, multiple sclerosis, and traumatic brain injury.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has gained acceptance as an effective treatment for a wide range of conditions.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used most often for carbon monoxide poisoning treatment for more serious cases,
people who are or have been unconscious, people with severe symptoms, pregnant women, and victims at higher risk of complications.
Hyperbaric therapy requires special equipment and is usually only available at larger hospitals or in larger
cities.
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Yes, there is a constellation of neurological issues associated with CO poisoning. More specifically the late effects of CO poisoning. We refer to it as DNS, or “delayed neurological sequela”. A few researchers and MD scientists have done quite a bit of research on this.
The biggest thing to do is , unfortunately, is not get poisoned. Get a reliable, “LOW LEVEL” CO monitor that tells you to get out of the space you are in. The Kiddie and First alert CO detectors / alarms I’ve seen don’t tell you that, they may tell you a day later that the level is ~70 ppm. That is not good enough for me and my family. These also are not long lived and will not tell you when the CO detector is bad or defective.
If you have a bad muffler (you hear it) you are getting poisoned,(no car is air tight), if you work in a warehouse without good venting with any type of fork lift, propane, gas, etc you are getting poisoned. Get your home CO detector and throw it in the back seat of your car. Take one to work with you. In fact, put one in garage when you start your car up, Believe me, it’s significant.
Where I work with Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO), and per several very good studies, HBO given within 24 hours of CO poisoning, will decrease the chance of getting DNS by about half. As about half the folks poisoned will develop DNS without HBO, this means it reduces the overall risk of DNS to about 25%. We cannot guarantee it, but we believe it reduces the DNS and cardiac effects significantly. HBO works on several levels, getting the CO out, and by its action as an anti-inflammatory on the affected structures.
It’s sad to see that most state legislators, who are coincidently either into real-estate, development, or get major campaign funding from these groups, canned several attempts to pass into law that all new dwellings or any remodels must have CO detectors in them. They also defeated a proposal to get detectors into rental units, but that also got shot down pretty fast. Reason being, it would take money out of their pockets and would cost too much… But tell me, who pays for the lifelong debilitation of these folks who will unlikely improve and most likely suffer from early cognitive decline as they age? Certainly not workers comp or any insurance company I know. PREVENTION is the Key.
After numerous consultations with a number of doctors I was finally diagnosed with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.
From the MCS Referral and Resources website I am convinced that Albert Donnay's Muses Syndrome fits my health condition perfectly.
However I cannot find any doctor who will address my problem which is "to obtain the blood gases testing according to the protocol in order to qualify for oxygen treatment."
I believe my ongoing symptoms were caused by low-level carbon monoxide poisoning in my workplace but have no proof to substantiate this.