Finding new ways to treat brain damage

On November 26, Israeli researchers found a revolutionary way to treat brain damage by using high-pressure oxygen to help boost patients' cognitive abilities.

The team at Tel Aviv University and Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center have found high levels of oxygen in pressurized environments that can significantly improve chronic brain damage.

According to research results, patients with brain damage 20 years ago have been able to improve their cognitive and body responses after being treated with this method.

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Doctors around the world often treat patients' brain damage by rehabilitation, but the effectiveness is limited in part because there are not many opportunities to treat traumatic brain damage.

According to Israeli researchers, the advantage of using high-pressure oxygen, high levels of oxygen in a pressurized room, is that oxygen enters deeper than brain tissue, helping to restore dormant neurons and activate the blood vessels.

The researchers tested 56 people who suffered from a mild brain injury from 1-5 years ago and still suffer from headaches, difficulty concentrating, irritating and other cognitive impairments. Participants underwent 40 treatments lasting 1 hour each in a high-pressure room, breathing 100% oxygen and under a similar pressure when diving 5 meters underwater. High pressure oxygen therapy sessions have significantly improved cognitive function and quality of life.

The research team is calling for more large-scale clinical studies to confirm these findings and determine the most effective and specific treatment regimen.

The researchers also claimed that this finding will help treat other diseases related to brain damage and aging, such as dementia and Alzheimer's.