The Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, often termed as HBOT is a therapy aimed at treating patients with serious brain injuries, cerebral palsy, internal wounds, internal bleeding, etc. In fact the HBOT method has already gained a lot of attention as one of the most successful method for such intricate treatments having obtained numerous positive and successful results.

Moreover, medical experts have also managed to prove that the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy also manages to heal all kinds of crucial conditions of the brain irrespective of their kind and type. Hence, scientists are starting to think that the HBOT therapy might prove to be helpful for treating autism as well.

Nonetheless, a number of researches and studies conducted on autistic children showed the fact that, autistic kids who were treated with the Hyperbaric Therapy making use of hyperbaric oxygen chambers underwent huge and dramatic improvements. And these changes were visible in a mere period of just 11 regular treatments that lasted for at the most 30 minutes at a stretch. In the initial stages the treatment period for the HBOT therapy was 40 minutes to 1 hour. But as later on autistic children started showing fewer outbursts and decreased convulsion with reduced number of rage attacks doctors preferred to continue the treatment for 30 minutes which was proving to be more than enough. With the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy backing up, autistic children soon started portraying better interaction and communication skills and hence thrived better and mingled better in the social environment around. In fact the speech articulation process was also fastened as more and more children became comfortable with speaking without showing much signs of anxiety.

Autism is basically a neuropsychological disorder which tends to surface within the 3 years of age of a child. It is a disorder that has a genetic foundation but still scientists are not really sure about the exact reason that leads to autism. Moreover, the probable cures of this disease are also not known. Medical experts have tried treating autism with changed diet supplements, psychotropic medications and various other processes. But till now the Hyperbaric Therapy is one method that has managed to show the best results and the highest levels of improvement in autistic children.

As a part of this method of therapy, hyperbaric chambers are employed to pressurize oxygen which forces the plasma and the red blood cells in the body of the patient to carry an extended amount of oxygen and distribute it all around the body. This leads to fast healing of damaged cells and tissue in the brain along with effective restoration of cells as well.

The available bio-medical treatments for Autism can be categorized in to two distinctive categories. On one hand, there are the Immediate Feedback Therapies while on the other hand are the Long-term Feedback Therapies. Quite likely as the names suggest, the former is the category of treatments that are potent to show immediate results and improvements while the second category of treatments necessarily have a longer approach extended over a prolonged period of time.

Some of the Immediate Feedback Therapies are,

• Nutritional and dietetic changes
• Treatment using yeast and bacteria
• Provide support using various supplements
• Methylation support

According to medical experts all of these methods show changes and improvements if any within just the first month or 6 weeks at the most for the initiation of the treatment and implementation process. Such biomedical therapies tend to give an extended level of confidence to the parents who most often than not choose to continue with these methods only.

But on the other hand, in case you want to get your child treated with the Long-term Feedback Therapies, what’s necessary is a lot of patience as the results are due in a long period. Some of the common long-term feedback therapies include,

• Heavy metal detox (metals like mercury)
• Chelation therapy
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy or HBOT
• Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG)
• Transfer factor

Like most of the other long-term feedback therapies, the hyperbaric therapy too shows positive results like improved awareness, improved eye contact capacities, increased language articulation and speaking capabilities, etc. But all of these changes can be visible only after a few months of implementation of the HBOT therapy or the other methods mentioned. Exceptions do exist as sometimes there are a few fortunate children who get to see immediate results and improvements in condition while being treated with Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) or some other long-term feedback procedures.

Most of the HBOT therapy protocol techniques are structured in a standard way, but in case the doctor wants to bring about certain immediate changes for specific reasons, the structure can be planned in a away with an increased number of sessions to serve the purpose more effectively. The Hyperbaric Therapy is always held in a clinical setting ensuring a limited time to be spent in the chamber. In fact, HBOT happens to be one of the most highly held and popular long-term feedback therapies that have ensured better results in treatment of Autism.