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Hyperbaric treatments can prevent amputations
Posted: 07.13.2012 at 8:16 PM
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Chronic wounds affect six and a half million people in this country.

Hyperbaric treatments can heal those wounds and prevent amputation.

In a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, patients are treated with pressurized oxygen in a painless process. The oxygen gets into the bloodstream through the lungs and can help heal wounds.

For much more on hyperbaric medicine and its uses, click here. 

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