According to the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, the loss of a limb due to severe infection in diabetics is common, 15% of all diabetics will develop chronic wounds. Approximately 70,000 diabetics will undergo amputation each year.
HBOT treatment helps the body’s wound-healing process function more efficiently. Patients undergoing this type of treatment are placed in an enclosed chamber at greater-than-normal atmospheric pressure. They are also breathing pure oxygen during treatment which saturates the blood plasma and allows it to carry 15 to 20 times the normal amount of healing oxygen to the body’s tissue to heal chronic or severe wounds.