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12-18-2008, 12:19 PM | #11 | |||
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Thank you for taking your time! It seemed to me the abstracts all had favorable results for HBOT and RSD/CRPS. I was wondering did you come across anything on HBOT and the effects on the brain? As a long time user of HBOT, I'm beginning to wonder about long term use, the benefits or side effects.
Thanks again, Mike. I really appreciate you giving me your time. All the best Di |
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12-18-2008, 06:31 PM | #12 | |||
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Di -
I think this abstract might then be of greater interest: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy might improve certain pathophysiological findings in autism, Rossignol DA, Med Hypotheses, 2007;68(6):1208-27. Epub 2006 Dec 4.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum Forgive me if I had lost track of what you were really looking for. (This is one of the articles that you can link to the publisher through the PubMed site if you want to buy it in full text, if you don't have ready access to a medical school library.) I imagine that the citations alone in the article could very well prove to be worthwhile in their own right. Mike |
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12-18-2008, 07:09 PM | #13 | |||
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Mike,
This I find very interesting. I think it will take a bit for me to digest it. So far it seems there are many advantages of HBOT, but I still wonder in the back of head will there be negative side effects for long term use. I also wonder what were the percentage of oxygen, nitrogen and other gases say, 100 years ago or more. I asume we are all receiving less oxygen now with the air we breathe at 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen and other gases, than maybe we were years past. I just always do better at sea level, oh, its not an excuse to dive, just the truth, altitude is a killer for me now that I have rsd and I have climbed almost every 14 er in Colorado. Mike, thanks again...I'm rambling so I'll say bye...Di |
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12-18-2008, 09:27 PM | #14 | |||
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Hi Mike,
I find this area of research on the brain and pain quite interesting. I just stumbled across this article posted on the American Academy of Pain Management newsletter, Currents. Pain is in the eyes of the beholder November 25, 2008 [Source: Current Biology] By manipulating the appearance of a chronically achy hand, researchers have found they could increase or decrease the pain and swelling in patients moving their symptomatic limbs. The findings—reported in the November 25th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication—reveal a profound top-down effect of body image on body tissues, according to the researchers. http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-...older-6044-1/# Additionally there was a very interesting documentary on CBC TV "The Nature of Things" show a couple of weeks ago. The special was titled "The Brain that Changes Itself " about the new research going on in the science of "neuroplasticity" - a concept that expands not just our knowledge of how our brains work, but how we use them. While it is not necessarily about chronic pain, I found the research shows great promise for those of us who do suffer from pain moving forward. http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natu...hangesitself/# MsL |
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12-19-2008, 11:12 PM | #15 | |||
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Hi ya'll,
I know I don't show up too often here, but since reading the header on this thread it has made me think about a book that my PM Doctor wanted me to get last year & read. But of course I haven't done it yet. He suggested my reading this book & feels that I am a good candidate to use what this book can teach a person about helping to rewire my brain into working with myself instead of against myself as far as pain is concerned. The name of the book is "The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science". Perhaps someone else will have read it & make a coment as to whether this book helped them or not. I do still plan on buying the book & reading it , just not sure when that will be. I do tend to think that from what my doctor told me that we can help to rewire our brain into not letting the pain be as bad as it is. I hope this made sense at all as I am really exhausted tonight. DebbyV |
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