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BEFORE AND AFTER HERPES ZOSTER:
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Benefits of breathing 100% Oxygen
Reduces Inflammation and Pain (instant effect)
Prevents poor healing of blisters Increases the immune system (our defenses) Improves circulation (opening and creating new veins) Potentiates action of antivirals or other medications Stimulates healing (fibroblasts and collagen) Shortens your recovery Prevents and treats post herpetic symptoms |
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HOW DOES PRESSURIZED OXYGEN HELP SUPPRESS HERPES?
Herpes thrives in an environment with little or no oxygen, so it is not unusual for hyperbaric oxygen therapy to help suppress this virus.
Like other viruses, herpes is anaerobic, meaning it exists, thrives, and breeds where there is little or no oxygen. The herpes virus does not have any genetic material for reproduction, so it has to inhabit a cell. The virus robs that cell of its genetic material. It multiplies by attaching itself to the RNA and DNA of normal cells and forcing them to produce more of the same virus. The virus remains inactive until our immune system decreases, at which point it begins to travel from one cell to another and reproduce rapidly causing an outbreak of herpes.
Like other viruses, herpes is anaerobic, meaning it exists, thrives, and breeds where there is little or no oxygen. The herpes virus does not have any genetic material for reproduction, so it has to inhabit a cell. The virus robs that cell of its genetic material. It multiplies by attaching itself to the RNA and DNA of normal cells and forcing them to produce more of the same virus. The virus remains inactive until our immune system decreases, at which point it begins to travel from one cell to another and reproduce rapidly causing an outbreak of herpes.
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Shishov AS, Sibirev AA, Rudometov IuP, Smagulov KZ, Chekal' LV. Giperbaricheskaia oksigenatsiia v kompleksnom lechenii bol'nykh opoiasyvaiushchim gerpesom [Hyperbaric oxygenation in the complex treatment of patients with herpes zoster]. Klin Med (Mosk). 1987 Oct;65(10):119-21. Russian. PMID: 3431038.
Shishov AS, Sibirev AA, Rudometov IuP, Smagulov KZ, Chekal' LV. Giperbaricheskaia oksigenatsiia v kompleksnom lechenii bol'nykh opoiasyvaiushchim gerpesom [Hyperbaric oxygenation in the complex treatment of patients with herpes zoster]. Klin Med (Mosk). 1987 Oct;65(10):119-21. Russian. PMID: 3431038.