How does Ozone Therapy compare to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy?

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Ozone Therapy are administered in very different ways. The "O" in Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy refers to breathing grade oxygen (O2) which is inhaled under pressure. HBOT (when administered properly) is well established to be safe, non-invasive with no side effects. HBOT is also not exclusively alternative. It is accepted and practiced as the primary therapy for non-healing wounds, carbon monoxide poisoning, crush injuries, Necrotizing Fascilitis, Air or Gas Embolus, Decompression Illness among a growing list of other conditions.

Ozone (O3) is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. Ozone has known toxic effects on the respiratory tract when present in smog. In medical use the gas (ozone which is produced from medical grade oxygen) is administered in precise therapeutic (intravenous) doses, and never via inhalation.

HBOT is clinically documented to enhance the killing power of Leukocytes (stimulates the white blood cells.) Proponents of Ozone Therapy claim the same but again the mechanism in which Ozone is administered is invasive. If one were to assume Ozone Therapy does everything stated, it still relies on the bodies ability to deliver the ozone via blood flow / circulation. Many injuries and chronic conditions are specifically related to ischemia (restriction of blood supply.) Hyperbaric oxygen therapy addresses ischemia in ways that intravenous infusions cannot.

HBOT and Ozone therapy are not mutually exclusive. As an adjunctive therapy, HBOT could be (and in somes cases is) combined with Ozone Therapy. The success in treating Lyme disease is a well established example of how when intravenous antibiotic protocols are administered in combination with HBOT patients regularly become completely asymptomatic. A growing number of MD's whom specializing in alternative oncologic treatment methods, combine infusions and HBOT for their patients with notable results.

We are oxygen dependent creatures... If you are not sure how important oxygen is just try going a few moments without it. Injuries heal because our blood delivers oxygen to the area which allows new blood vessels to grow. If the circulation is cut off or compromised the tissue dies. HBOT simply allows more oxygen to be delivered to the tissues, cerebral, synovial and lymphatic fluids in amounts not achievable without a pressure gradient. As a result, the body is provided with the oxygen required to heal, sustain, and maintain balance.