Hyperbaric Medicine in Cali Colombia. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, or HBOT, is a type of treatment used to speed up healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene, stubborn wounds, and infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen.

In Cali, we provide specialized services in hyperbaric and underwater medicine, which with a dedication to service and commitment offer preventive, curative and rehabilitation treatments with great  professionals and high-tech and safety hyperbaric chambers, helping to improve health and quality of life of our patients.

As far as the therapy goes, if you undergo this type of therapy, you will enter a special chamber to breathe in pure oxygen in air pressure levels 1.5 to 3 times higher than average. The goal is to fill the blood with enough oxygen to repair tissues and restore normal body function.

HBOT helps with:

• -> Bringing oxygen-rich plasma to tissue starved for oxygen. Wound injuries damage the body’s blood vessels, which release fluid that leaks into the tissues and causes swelling. This swelling deprives the damaged cells of oxygen, and tissue starts to die. HBOT reduces swelling while flooding the tissues with oxygen.
• -> HBOT prevents “reperfusion injury.” That’s the severe tissue damage that happens when the blood supply returns to the tissues after they have been deprived of oxygen. When blood flow is interrupted by a crush injury, for instance, a series of events inside the damaged cells leads to the release of harmful oxygen radicals. These molecules can do damage to tissues that can’t be reversed and cause the blood vessels to clamp up and stop blood flow. HBOT encourages the body’s oxygen radical scavengers to seek out the problem molecules and allow healing to continue.
• -> HBOT helps block the action of harmful bacteria and strengthens the body’s immune system. HBOT can disable the toxins of certain bacteria. It also increases oxygen concentration in the tissues. This helps them resist infection. In addition, the therapy improves the ability of white blood cells to find and destroy invaders.
• -> HBOT encourages the formation of new collagen (connective tissue) and new skin cells. It does so by encouraging new blood vessel formation

In Cali, at the doctor’s office we offer 3 modern hyperbaric chambers. The chambers have a specific  maintenance, cleaning and disinfection program.

Two (2) of them are for hyperbaric oxygenation in the sitting position and one (1) for the decubitus position, which allows visualization and communication (via “telephone”) with the patient while undergoing treatment.

If you want to learn more about our treatments please visit our web-page and learn more about what we have to offer.