New life for long-term coma patients (Shanghai Daily) Updated: 2007-06-04 09:16
Two long-term comatose patients have finally awakened in Changhai Hospital's hyperbaric oxygen therapeutic center, hospital officials announced over the weekend.
Zhang Shifen, 30, from Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, came to the hospital just after the May holiday break. She was in a coma after being poisoned by hydrogen sulfide at work.
Cai Zhongliang, 35, from Jiading, on the outskirts of Shanghai, woke up at the end of last month after three months in coma caused by a traffic accident.
Both of them were treated with hyberbaric oxygen therapy.
"We feel overjoyed now because doctors at our local hospital said my daughter will never wake up," said Tang Rendi, Zhang's mother.
Liu Qingle, the center's director, understands the joy and excitement but considers the two just normal cases. "We help comatose patients regain consciousness just like other doctors treat diseases such as colds," said Liu.
The hospital's statistics show that an average one or two patients in a vegetative state have awakened every month since 2002, when the center's hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment swung into full operation.
According to Liu, their wake-ups account for more than 50 percent of patients. "We can tell whether the patient can wake up in most cases based on our experiences," said Liu.
Liu explained that the therapy helps cause a saturation of oxygen in the plasma and tissue fluids so the body can function more effectively.
"Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is one of the most effective methods to wake up people in a vegetative state," said Wang Guisong, a respected neurosurgeon at Renji Hospital.
I am individual who has been a paraplegic of 47 years. With extensive osteomyelitis I started Hyperbaric Treatment.
I am on my second 10 treatment round and already having remarkable results - lower blood pressure, less pain, less Gout incidences, no fevers (when I was beset with fevers on a regular basis), increased mental acuity hence, greater energy!
I am very impressed with the results and plan to continue treatment.
My name is Clara, and I have RSD and have had it for 2 years now. I have tried injections, medications, it's so painful until you don't want to live any longer, that was me. My friend found out about HBOT, and I came to, Naples, Fla to have my treatments. I have just finished up 20 treatments. When I got off the plane, I could not move my arm, I was in such pain, and couldn't let anybody touch my arm. I'm able now to get out and move around outside now, I sleep better. I leave going back home in a few days, and I hope it continues to help me, and will not come back. It's no guarrantee, but for 4 weeks now, each day I have continued to feel much better and gain my strength back, and food is good now. I don't know if it will last, but it has helped my so much and I'm very glad I took the treatments, and would take more if it gets to a point in the future that I need it. It is the only treatment that has helped.
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New life for long-term coma patients
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2007-06-04 09:16
Two long-term comatose patients have finally awakened in Changhai Hospital's hyperbaric oxygen therapeutic center, hospital officials announced over the weekend.
Zhang Shifen, 30, from Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, came to the hospital just after the May holiday break. She was in a coma after being poisoned by hydrogen sulfide at work.
Cai Zhongliang, 35, from Jiading, on the outskirts of Shanghai, woke up at the end of last month after three months in coma caused by a traffic accident.
Both of them were treated with hyberbaric oxygen therapy.
"We feel overjoyed now because doctors at our local hospital said my daughter will never wake up," said Tang Rendi, Zhang's mother.
Liu Qingle, the center's director, understands the joy and excitement but considers the two just normal cases. "We help comatose patients regain consciousness just like other doctors treat diseases such as colds," said Liu.
The hospital's statistics show that an average one or two patients in a vegetative state have awakened every month since 2002, when the center's hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment swung into full operation.
According to Liu, their wake-ups account for more than 50 percent of patients. "We can tell whether the patient can wake up in most cases based on our experiences," said Liu.
Liu explained that the therapy helps cause a saturation of oxygen in the plasma and tissue fluids so the body can function more effectively.
"Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is one of the most effective methods to wake up people in a vegetative state," said Wang Guisong, a respected neurosurgeon at Renji Hospital.
I am individual who has been a paraplegic of 47 years. With extensive osteomyelitis I started Hyperbaric Treatment.
I am on my second 10 treatment round and already having remarkable results - lower blood pressure, less pain, less Gout incidences, no fevers (when I was beset with fevers on a regular basis), increased mental acuity hence, greater energy!
I am very impressed with the results and plan to continue treatment.
My name is Clara, and I have RSD and have had it for 2 years now. I have tried injections, medications, it's so painful until you don't want to live any longer, that was me. My friend found out about HBOT, and I came to, Naples, Fla to have my treatments. I have just finished up 20 treatments. When I got off the plane, I could not move my arm, I was in such pain, and couldn't let anybody touch my arm. I'm able now to get out and move around outside now, I sleep better. I leave going back home in a few days, and I hope it continues to help me, and will not come back. It's no guarrantee, but for 4 weeks now, each day I have continued to feel much better and gain my strength back, and food is good now.
I don't know if it will last, but it has helped my so much and I'm very glad I took the treatments, and would take more if it gets to a point in the future that I need it. It is the only treatment that has helped.
Sincerely,
Clara White
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