Hyperbaric Oxygen for Autism/ASDs

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Just heard from my mom about a story in the local paper - a woman gets hyperbaric oxygen treatment for her kid with autism, and the kid starts talking. Seems to be some interest about this possible therapy, and I found three abstracts from articles in medical journals:

Abstract 1

Abstract 2

Abstract 3

Some thoughts: the research is very preliminary and only one research team has looked at this. The first two articles were more about anecdotes and theories about how it might help. The third article actually measured oxidative stress parameters (on the theory that hyperbaric therapy would help correct that) - the oxidative parameters didn't seem to be much changed. There were reported improvements in symptoms, but this did not seem to be measured and controlled for carefully.

Would be nice if pressing oxygen into every corner of the body really does have an effect. This is interesting research, but given the cost (around $150 a session, I think), a course of sessions is pretty expensive. It will take some definitive proof that it helps before insurance starts paying for this type of 'therapy.'

I also get cluster headaches, and at one time, there was hope that hyperbaric treatment would shut off a cycle of these extremely painful episodes. Turns out that it will end a given headache, but does nothing for the cycle (and breathing pure oxygen from a mask will do the same, much cheaper and quicker).

So I am tossing this out FYI - it all seems like a big maybe, but if it is shown to really reduce some of the problem symptoms in ASDs, it might someday be useful.

I am highly skeptical of this.

If you were a kid, would you feel more freaked out?



I wonder if the kid's words were "LET ME OUT"

That looks scary.

Oxygen Bars in Japan, put on your disposable mask and plug in.

Higher pressure might dislodge some things, I would like a printout of the exhale.

There has also been some work on Ions, adjusting field charge.

No money in it, so Medical Science is blind.

They hate, "An apple a day keeps the Doctor away."

Healthy people are a bane to the industry, which is why more than 80% of disease can be tracked back to hospitals. They have a right to make a living.

They have a deal with airlines who recirculate air, which could be run through a UV light filter, HEPA, and be clean, but no, Doctors own airline stock.

A computer, with a drop of blood, a breath sample, an ounce of urine, could print out what you might want to look deeper at, in seconds, for $1. The $5 test would take about as long as a burger, and define 99.9%.

Only medicine and government have gotten worse, higher priced, with more people, since computers.

I would never have that, ever.