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578: The cutting edge treatment for brain health, trauma, and long COVID | Shai Efrati, M.D.

2025/2/2
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Shai Efrati:作为一名医生,我认为高压氧治疗是一种利用环境变化来实现生物学目标的医学方法。我们通过控制压力、氧气等环境因素,诱导身体的修复机制和再生。这种治疗方法主要有三种应用:一是利用压力来缩小体内气泡,例如治疗潜水病;二是利用高浓度氧气来对抗一氧化碳中毒或治疗缺血性伤口;三是诱导身体的修复机制,促进干细胞增殖、血管生成和神经元生成。我们主要关注大脑,因为大脑是我们最重要的器官。通过高压氧治疗,我们可以帮助中风患者修复受损但未完全坏死的脑组织,修复脑外伤和脑震荡后遗症,甚至可以改善老年人的认知功能。我们正在研究高压氧治疗是否对阿尔茨海默病早期患者有效。治疗过程需要在受控的医疗环境中进行,每次疗程持续两小时,患者坐在高压舱内进行认知训练。重要的是,要选择可信赖的治疗中心,配备专业的医生和设备,不要拿自己的健康冒险。 Shai Efrati:我发现市面上存在许多虚假的高压氧治疗设备,所以要小心。可信赖的治疗中心应配备医生和多舱室,并提供受控环境。完整的高压氧治疗项目费用在4万到8万美元之间,保险是否覆盖取决于保险类型和地区。新冠后遗症是真实存在的,而特定的高压氧治疗方案已被证明有效。新冠病毒可以穿透大脑,导致脑损伤。诊断新冠后遗症需要进行脑部MRI检查,并排除其他疾病。如果怀疑自己患有新冠后遗症,应该去专业的诊所进行诊断。不要放弃,要努力诊断和治疗,恢复功能。寻找能够进行高级脑部影像和认知评估的诊所。许多医院已经关闭了新冠后遗症诊所,但要积极寻找解决方案。对于脑外伤,即使是很轻微的碰撞也需要重视。脑外伤可能是由脑震荡、爆炸或移动造成的。大多数脑外伤可以自行修复,但仍有15%到25%的病例无法完全康复。脑外伤可能导致神经元和血管撕裂,导致脑震荡后遗症。

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This chapter gives a general description of hyperbaric medicine, explaining its tools and major applications. It focuses on how hyperbaric therapy uses controlled environments to manipulate pressure and oxygen levels to achieve biological goals, specifically regeneration.
  • Hyperbaric medicine uses controlled environments to manipulate pressure and gases to achieve biological goals.
  • Major applications include using pressure to shrink bubbles in the body and using oxygen to increase oxygen delivery.
  • The focus is on regeneration by inducing repair mechanisms in the body.

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“The brain is the most important organ that we have in our body,” explains Shai Efrati, M.D. 

Efrati, M.D., Founder and Director of the world-leading Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research, joins us to dive deep into the science behind hyperbaric medicine, the incredible benefits, plus: 

  • What is hyperbaric therapy (~2:55)

  • How does hyperbaric therapy work (~3:28)

  • Brain benefits & neurogenesis (~9:40)

  • Who benefits from this therapy (~11:20)

  • How does this affect cognitive decline (~13:55)

  • The details of hyperoxic hypoxic paradox (~17:15)

  • Credibility & costs (~20:00)

  • His clinic (~23:40)

  • Long COVID (~24:35)

  • Seeking treatment for long COVID (~36:30)

  • Brain injury and head trauma (~39:25)

  • Treating athletes (~45:45)

  • The future of hyperbaric therapy (~48:00)

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