What Is The Cost Of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

Question

What is the cost of a hyperbaric oxygen therapy session? Can someone please give me a ballpark figure?

What is the cost of hyperbaric oxygen therapy? Can someone please give me a ballpark figure? I am also wondering how many sessions must be purchased.

Answer 1

Hyperbaric therapy does help people that have the "bends" (decompression sickness) and helps in healing by increasing the amount of oxygen the blood can hold. It's been used in the treatment of burns, carbon monoxide poisoning, smoke inhalation and flesh eating bacteria.

It should only be done as prescribed by a physician as there are some dangerous side effects. If you have asthma it will increase the likelihood of cerebral arterial gas embolism. (sudden onset of unconsciousness associated with a generalized or focal seizure. There is often confusion, vertigo (extreme dizziness) and cardiopulmonary arrest.) In other moderate to severe forms of COPD, it's likely the person will cease to breathe. There's also barotrauma to the ears.

If you live in the U.S., it's expensive and insurance will only cover it as prescribed by a doctor. I can't imagine this as an elective procedure unless there is strong medical need for it.

Answer 2

the first thought that came to my mind upon reading this post was 1. WHY is college tuition fee is America ridiculously expensive? WHY do colleges need so much money? A college is NOT a company like Apple or Microsoft. My sister will graduate from her 4 years of university soon and the total coast of tuition pee paid during those 4 years....is OMG too much. the amount is almost as much as the U.S. national debt. 2. do colleges REALLY need a lot of money? 3. America is currently facing an economic crisis; it is predicted to be one of the worst ever in U.S. history. So unemployment is a rising issue, the economy is getting spoiled and there are more innocent citizens suffering beneath the poverty line. And i am NOT against the government but the federal government doesn't seem to be sorting it out well. I don't know that much about the ecnonomy, so I learned from my sister (she's a business / economics major) and i can tell that the nation, the economy and so on are all facing a crisis. Soo....i don't know but unless the government promises to like help the poor pay for college or something I strongly suggest that colleges DO NOT raise tuition fees. Otherwise...America will face an even worse educational crisis. Does the stuff I typed make sense? hope it does. And......the good news is that the expensive tuition fee paid to a great college was actually worth it since my sister got a great job 2 weeks before graduation.

Answer 3

I just saw an ad for a personal chamber for $3,999.95 + S&H + tax.

Answer 4

it's called "don't waste another thought" on the treatment. it's never been documented as curing anyone.