Hyperbaric Treatment for Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Wounds and Neuropathy
Hyperbaric chamber therapy helps heal diabetic wounds and decreases amputations for more than 50% of patients by delivering up to 1,200% more oxygen to hypoxic, oxygen-starved tissues.
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Our renowned clinic, Bay Area Hyperbarics, offers comprehensive care for diabetic patients looking to treat recurrent or non-healing complications from their condition. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy provides a highly effective solution for treating diabetic foot ulcers and wounds in the Los Gatos and San Jose area. Dig deeper into how our hyperbaric therapy can provide you with the best care possible—your journey to recovery starts here.
Hyperbaric chamber therapy helps heal diabetic wounds and decreases amputations for more than 50% of patients by delivering up to 1,200% more oxygen to hypoxic, oxygen-starved tissues.
Are you a Physician? View Provider version of this page
Our renowned clinic, Bay Area Hyperbarics, offers comprehensive care for diabetic patients looking to treat recurrent or non-healing complications from their condition. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy provides a highly effective solution for treating diabetic foot ulcers and wounds in the Los Gatos and San Jose area. Dig deeper into how our hyperbaric therapy can provide you with the best care possible—your journey to recovery starts here.
How Hyperbarics Helps
Reduces amputation rates by over 50% (our success rate is over 90%)
Increases oxygen to oxygen-starved tissues and veins by 1,200%
Stimulates the growth of veins and capillaries (angiogenesis)
Stimulates stem cells to grow and move to where they are needed
Speeds surgical repair and helps damaged tissues survive
Significantly reduces inflammation
Decreases fluid retention
Medicare and insurance companies cover hyperbaric chamber therapy for non-healing wounds and foot ulcers.
Numerous studies conducted over the last twenty years show that HBOT supports the healing of complex wounds, even those that arise from underlying diseases such as diabetes, radiation injuries, and tissue or bone infection.
Fortunately, Medicare and most private insurance companies, such as Kaiser and Blue Shield, cover the use of hyperbaric for non-healing wounds, and the treatment is supported by the FDA and the AMA.
Bay Area Hyperbarics has helped hundreds of patients heal from wounds and ulcers in the arms, legs, and extremities (feet and hands) that have been caused by diabetes. Our woman-owned HBOT clinic has also provided treatment in other cases, such as surgeries where tissue in or around the wound does not heal, radiation damage, and tissue or bone infection. Physicians often send us patients who are at risk for amputation, though they also send us patients with more minor, slow-healing diabetic wounds.
Problem wounds often arise due to poor circulation, resulting in insufficient oxygen. Oxygen is essential in the healing process itself, and it helps to promote the growth of new blood vessels, nerves, skin, and bones. Hyperbaric therapy increases oxygenation by 1,200% to hypoxic, oxygen-starved tissues, and these healthy new blood vessels, nerves, skin, and bones all help the body to deliver extra oxygen on its own. HBOT has been proven an effective treatment for diabetic foot ulcers and wounds, accelerating healing, reducing amputation rates, and improving patients’ quality of life!
Without proper treatment, non-healing diabetic wounds can lead to complications such as infections, amputations, and even death.
Another benefit of hyperbaric treatment for diabetic foot ulcers and non-healing wounds is that it can help to fight infections. The oxygen-rich environment can kill bacteria and other microorganisms that may be present in the wound. This can help to reduce the risk of infection and promote healing.
HBOT can also help to reduce inflammation in non-healing diabetic wounds. Inflammation is a natural response to injury or infection, but when it becomes chronic, it can interfere with the healing process. HBOT has been shown to reduce inflammation in non-healing wounds, which helps promote healing.
Call us so we can discuss whether HBOT is the right choice for you or your loved one.
To learn more about the research into the benefits of hyperbaric treatment for diabetic foot ulcers and non-healing wounds, refer to the Provider version of this page.
Patient Experiences
Listen to what real patients have to say about their experiences with hyperbaric chamber therapy.
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Arun, 17
Healed a two-inch long chest wound where a tumor had been removed.
Arun had ambitions to attend junior college after high school. However, he developed a tumor on the left side of his chest wall, just over his upper ribs. Arun’s physician used radiation to treat the tumor area. Fortunately, this eliminated the tumor.
However, it also resulted in a two-inch long non-healing chest wound where the tumor had been. Fortunately for him, the hyperbaric treatments healed his chest and skin, so he could return to finish high school and move on to junior college! -
Jesus, 57
Healed a diabetic wound and numbness in his foot.
Jesus is an active contractor. He also has diabetes. One day a pallet fell on his food, causing an open wound that would not heal.
After several weeks, much of the wound had closed up, but there was still an area on the top of his foot that was infected and would not heal. In addition, his foot remained numb, even where the skin had healed. The hyperbaric treatments Jesus received healed the rest of the sore on his foot, but it also healed the numbness! -
Mary Ann, 54
Recovered from paralysis caused by a truck accident 10 years earlier
Ten years previous to her visit to Bay Area Hyperbarics, Mary Ann had been hit by a drunk driver. Sadly, she was paralyzed below her shoulders, and her source of mobility was an electric wheelchair. Her problem was that she developed bedsores on her buttocks that would not heal for months. The sores continued to worsen and got infected so badly that she developed a bone infection (called osteomyelitis).
Her husband was worried about her infections and brought her in for HBOT. After treatment, her bone infection and sores healed completely. She and her husband were very pleased.
Patients: Start with Hyperbarics
It's easy to start with Hyperbarics. Just follow these simple steps
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Give Us A Call
Did a physician refer you? If so, they can download and fax us back a patient referral form. If not, our medical staff will discuss whether hyperbaric suits you.
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We Talk With Your Insurance
Our medical staff contacts Medicare or private insurance to receive authorization and create a plan with you.
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You Get On the Road to Recovery
We do a medical intake, explain everything you need to know, and get started on your hyperbaric oxygen anti-aging therapy sessions.
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What is Hyperbaric Medicine?
Hyperbaric medicine, also called hyperbaric oxygen therapy or HBOT, is a medical treatment where a patient sits or lies in a pressurized chamber and breathes 100% pure oxygen. In HBOT, oxygen dissolves into the blood, thus raising the oxygen concentration to very high levels. This increased oxygen is a primary building block for tissues, muscle, and bone repair. Among other benefits, it kicks off cell reproduction, heals injuries and infections more rapidly, and decreases inflammation.
Hyperbaric chamber therapy has proven an effective method for healing a range of condition-related complications, including treating diabetic foot ulcers and non-healing diabetic wounds, reducing amputation rates, and improving their quality of life. -
Does HBOT kill cancer cells?
Current research indicates that hyperbaric oxygen does not kill cancer cells. However, there has been a small amount of research indicating that hyperbaric oxygen might reduce the size of certain tumors. Also, there has been a study on mice using hyperbaric oxygen, along with a ketogenic diet, to reduce tumors.
Hyperbaric oxygen causes many different healing modalities to kick into gear. Could its effect on strengthening the immune system inhibit the growth of cancer cells? Nobody knows. There are numerous studies conclusively showing that hyperbaric oxygen does not encourage cancer cells or tumors to grow.
Some patients claim hyperbaric therapy makes them feel a lot more comfortable and functional after chemotherapy and also during healing. Note that some chemotherapy drugs are not to be used with hyperbaric oxygen, as the chemotherapy drugs can be enhanced and thus become toxic.
A good hyperbaric chamber therapy facility (such as Bay Area Hyperbarics) will always call the chemotherapy manufacturer to ensure that hyperbaric oxygen therapy will be helpful and not damaging to the patient. -
What is the CPT code for HBOT?
The CPT code for HBOT is G0277.
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Does Medicare cover HBOT?
Medicare covers Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for approved conditions, and many insurance companies also cover approved conditions. If your condition is not approved by your insurance, we can discuss our special rates. Give us a call at (408) 356–7438. We are happy to discuss your options with you.
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Can HBOT help Neuropathy?
Hyperbaric therapy helps heal neuropathy by regrowing small blood vessels and nerves that have died from disease, injuries from radiation, and aging. Patients often experience numbness and or pain when they start treatment. Hyperbaric treatments most often bring back sensation and make, for example, walking easier and more enjoyable.
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Why would a physician consider HBOT?
A physician would consider using hyperbaric chamber therapy in a variety of situations. Physicians most typically refer patients to hyperbaric when the patient is not healing with traditional medical interventions, and hyperbaric chamber therapy is approved by Medicare for this condition. For instance, it might be the recommended treatment for diabetic foot ulcers and non-healing diabetic wounds, helping accelerate healing and preventing amputation.
Some patients experience significant unresolved pain, and unremitting disease states that the mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a hyperbaric chamber are known to affect, such as the downregulation of inflammatory genes.
For example, some patients have experienced severe, unremitting hives with itching, which did not improve with any specialist interventions. Some physicians will consider hyperbaric chamber therapy if the patient has no other good avenues for improving their failing health, and they know the hyperbaric chamber therapy is safe and will not harm the patient. -
How does Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy work?
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a medical treatment where you inhale 100% oxygen in a chamber with increased atmospheric pressure.
Hyperbaric therapy injects 400x the oxygen into your tissues and bones and mobilizes stem cells. It regrows healthy tissues in the brain, blood vessels, skin, and bones. It also reduces pain and swelling, and speeds recovery. It is simple, effective, and painless.