Infection Bottom

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This is the bottom of my calf - my leg was as large as a basketball.

 

Infection Top

Originally uploaded by pixelgalleria.

This infection wound was as large as a popcan in length and the blister was 3 inches tall before it was removed.

  

Bad Memories

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Remembering the recent past. A memory that I would like to forget but the past keeps haunting me.

“Hyper” means increased and “baric” relates to pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) refers to intermittent treatment of the entire body with 100-percent oxygen at greater than normal atmospheric pressures. The earth’s atmosphere normally exerts 14.7 pounds per square inch of pressure at sea level. That pressure is defined as one atmosphere absolute (abbreviated as 1 ATA). In the ambient atmosphere we normally breathe approximately 20 percent oxygen and 80 percent nitrogen. While undergoing HBOT, pressure is increased up to two times (2 ATA) in 100% oxygen. In the Sechrist monoplace chambers utilized at our facilities, the entire body is totally immersed in 100-percent oxygen. There is no need to wear a mask or hood. This increased pressure, combined with an increase in oxygen to 100 percent, dissolves oxygen in to the blood and in all body tissues and fluids at up to 20 times normal concentration—high enough to sustain life with no blood at all.