As part of its efforts to keep pace with UAE 2021 vision, that aims to achieve huge scientific shift and build a modern medical system that establishes the UAE as one of the most advanced centers of medical tourism regionally and globally. Al-Zahra Hospital in Dubai has registered a new record in one of the most advanced treatment methods currently, the technique of " hyperbaric oxygen therapy HBOT ", which is a revolutionized trendy treatment of many chronic and acute cases and could be an alternative for many surgical operations and drugs that may have harmful side effects on the body.

Dr. Mahab El-Shafei, hyperbaric oxygen therapy specialist under at Zahraa-Dubai Hospital, explains how this treatment works “In a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber, the air pressure is increased to three times higher than normal air pressure. Under these conditions, your lungs can gather more oxygen than would be possible breathing pure oxygen at normal air pressure.Your blood carries this oxygen throughout your body. This helps fight bacteria and stimulate the release of substances called growth factors and stem cells, which promote healing”.

About the patients who get benefit from this technique, Dr. Al-Shafei declared” Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat several medical conditions. And medical institutions use it in different ways. Your doctor may suggest hyperbaric oxygen therapy if you have one of the following conditions such as: Anemia, Brain abscess, Bubbles of air in blood vessels (arterial gas embolism),Burn, Decompression sickness, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Crushing injury, Deafness, Gangrene, Infection of skin or bone that causes tissue death, Nonhealing wounds, such as a diabetic foot ulcer, Radiation injury, Skin graft or skin flap at risk of tissue death, Vision loss”

Al Zahraa Hospital strives to continue to excel in all healthcare services for patients and the community, working side by side with other institutions to promote the UAE and Dubai as a world-class healthcare destination, by attracting the best medical professionals from around the world in addition to the latest technologies and therapeutic methods, to provide the best levels of services to achieve the best results for the patients.

                                                                                 

                         

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