Providence Hyperbaric Medicine
Providence Hyperbaric Medicine treats only conditions approved for hyperbaric treatment by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. Other conditions are considered experimental at this time.
- Air embolism occurs when gas bubbles block arterial blood flow. Secondary effects of air embolism include platelets clumping and damage to blood vesse...
More » - Carbon monoxide poisoning happens when you breathe too much carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide is a gas produced by burning any type of fuel—gas, oil, k...
More » - Exposure to high levels of cyanide can harm the brain and heart, and may cause coma and death. Exposure to lower levels of cyanide may result in breat...
More » - Gangrene can occur with compound fractures, complicated fractures, soft tissue injury after accidents, war wounds and appendicitis. Many marine organi...
More » - Compartment syndrome is a painful condition that develops when swelling takes place within an enclosed area (compartment), in which muscles, nerves, b...
More » - Decompression illness, or DCI, is a term used to describe illness that results from a reduction in the ambient pressure surrounding a body. This can t...
More » - Diabetes can affect the body's immune system, impairing the ability of white blood cells to come to the site of an infection, stay in the infected are...
More » - Anemia is a general term for a category of blood conditions that affect the red blood cells or the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin they contain....
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An abscess is a pocket of pus that forms at the site of infected tissue. An abscess can form in the brain and cause pain, swelling and tenderness.
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Necrotizing fasciitis is an infection caused by bacteria. It can destroy skin, fat, and the tissue covering the muscles.
The disease sometimes i...
More » - Osteomyelitis is a bone infection, usually caused by bacteria, that can be either acute or chronic. This disorder usually occurs as a result of an inf...
More » - Radiation syndromes describe the harmful effects--acute, delayed or chronic--produced by exposure to ionizing radiations. ...
More » - Surgeons use skin grafts and flaps to repair serious damage, and to close or cover wounds. In tissue compromised by irradiation or in cases where ther...
More » - Heat burns (thermal burns) are caused by fire, steam, hot objects, or hot liquids. Scald burns with hot liquid are the most common burns to children a...
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