Hyperbaric therapy HBOT - a procedure that involves administering air or pure oxygen to a patient, under conditions of high pressure. This treatment uses a specialized chamber, the titular hyperbaric chamber (tightly closed device), in which conditions prevail that are suitable for effective hyperbaric oxygen therapy with total absolute pressure reaches a value of up to 2.4 times greater than atmospheric pressure. Such circumstances make it possible to eliminate physiological barriers for oxygen to penetrating cells and tissue. Oxygen at pressure above 2 Atmospheres dissolves in plasma at a concentration high enough to enhance the production of stem cells in your body. Additionally, it causes cells to receive increased doses of oxygen, which significantly supports the treatment of many different diseases.

In the device used for hyperbaric oxygen therapy, conditions prevail in which oxygen has the ability to penetrate even non-blood-supplied areas of the body. Interestingly, an increase in oxygen levels can also be observed in the blood, lymph or cerebrospinal fluid. This is due to the pressure, which in a medical hyperbaric chamber is as much as 3 ATA, or Absolute Atmospheres (the sum of all pressures acting on a given surface). A patient who is in a hyperbaric chamber is surrounded by purified filtered air and inhales pure oxygen or air from a mask. This activity can be performed in a sitting or lying position (depending on the type of device).

In a medical hyperbaric chamber, oxygen is supplied using a special mask with two tubes with a diameter of approximately 2 cm, and exhaled air is discharged out of the chamber on the other site.

However, before oxygen treatment is performed in a hyperbaric chamber, the patient must be properly prepared for the procedure. This means performing activities such as:

1.  Dress in comfortable, preferably 100% cotton clothing 

2.  Remove any jewellery (oxidize, causing skin allergies),

3.  Remove makeup and other substances that the patient has previously applied to the skin (it is recommended not to use perfume, hairspray or gel),

4.  Not paint your nails before the procedure.