Re: Seizure not stroke.- HBOT

[Guest guest]

Brain fog at work. Please excuse where I mis-spoke. I meant to

say " seizures " not " strokes " . Seizures are a risk in the big HBOT

units. Not common, but nothing about us is common. I've known a

couple of people who've had seizures during HBOT, or were at risk so

could not do the dives. Of course, I had a friend (doctor) who had

this illness and died of a seizure, so I'm a bit gun-shy of risks of

this sort. And those with sinus disease are at risk of ear damage.

My other friend is convinced that her dives helped her heal after

surgery but permanently damaged her vision. The vision is supposed

to return, but hers hasn't after well more than a year..

I doubt if this is an issue in the portable/mild hyperbaric units,

expecially if you don't use a mask. Of course, using a mask is more

effective, but then, if you do the reading, using the mask has more

risk as well. And there's really not much research on the portables,

so we're in uncharted territory. Which is fine with me, if it really

helps.

penny

[Guest guest]

Re: seizures. Who had seizures during hbot? Were they people who'd

never had a seizure before?

I remember being afraid of this with the deep dives and the tender

told me that part of learning to be a tender was being brought to the

threshold of seizing! I think the pressure had to be extremely deep

for a normal person.

The risk of seizure is extremely small, and I also never knew anyone

who had one so I am surprised you know several. However I do know

they give an airbreak for 90 minutes at 2.4 ata. In fact I thought

that was too long and even though I did it, I didn't like doing 90

minutes at 2.4 ata even with an airbreak, too much 02 imo.

Those with sinus infections are told not to dive until they clear up

the infection at least somewhat. What does your friend say? By

permanently damaged her vision you probably mean the lens of her eye.

I agree. Would she rather have skipped hbot?

The mild chambers pressurize with air and then you breathe in 02. I

agree its much less 02 and less likely to damage a vulnerable lens.

But if you have a multisystemic disabling infection that is making

you unable to function, and you can function using a chamber, you

accept some side effects (I do anyway). And I'm at the sensitive end

of the bellcurve.

It does upset me as I said that clinic operators do not use masks

with everybody as in teh hood you are getting topical oxygen going

straigh tthru the cornea, under deep pressure, getting a huge hit of

02 to the lens, not necessary.

do the dives. Of course, I had a friend (doctor) who had

> this illness and died of a seizure, so I'm a bit gun-shy of risks

of

> this sort. And those with sinus disease are at risk of ear damage.

> My other friend is convinced that her dives helped her heal after

> surgery but permanently damaged her vision. The vision is supposed

> to return, but hers hasn't after well more than a year..

>

> I doubt if this is an issue in the portable/mild hyperbaric units,

> expecially if you don't use a mask. Of course, using a mask is more

> effective, but then, if you do the reading, using the mask has more

> risk as well. And there's really not much research on the

portables,

> so we're in uncharted territory. Which is fine with me, if it

really

> helps.

>

> penny