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  • HBOT Intervention for SNHL: An Overview

    Dr Nur Ozyilmaz, NUMA Medical Director Jonathan Joel, BSc in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Imagine a world where everyday sounds gradually fade into silence over a matter of days or abruptly vanish from one or both ears (Chandrasekhar et al., 2019). This is the reality faced by millions worldwide, as they grapple with sensorineural hearing…

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  • Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Overview

    Inflammatory bowel disease, the main types comprising Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, is a debilitating chronic illness that affects millions of people worldwide. Though there are various therapies available for its treatment, many patients still struggle to control their symptoms and achieve remission. Recently, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has gained increasing interest as a treatment…

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  • Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy help with vascular complications from facial fillers?

    Facial fillers have become more popular in recent years due to their non-invasive nature. Nevertheless, one of the most concerning risks associated with their use is necrosis caused by vascular obstruction. This potential complication may occur with several soft tissue fillers, but it is a rare occurrence, happening in only approximately 0.001% of procedures. The…

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  • Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) reverse the effects of skin ageing?

    A recent prospective clinical trial with a large sample size in a healthy elderly cohort, demonstrated that repeated intermittent hyperbaric oxygen exposures had dramatic ageing-modulating effects on the skin, demonstrated as: a. Decreased senescent cells: As you may already know, healthy skin cells divide every 24-48 hours. Senescence is the process in which a cell…

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  • Hyperbaric Chamber Basics for Patients

    NUMA uses Monoplace hyperbaric chambers, which are designed to accommodate only one patient at a time. The hyperbaric chambers are compressed with air, and oxygen is given through facial masks. Our chambers have a clear acrylic window that allows our trained technicians to closely monitor the patient and permits the patient to see outside of…

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