A 5-year-old's death in a Michigan hyperbaric chamber has sparked calls for more oversight of unsupervised hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the wellness industry.
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A local spa, had one of these visible from the street, when I recognized the tanks of liquid nitrogen, I looked up the idea. Noooo thanx. Been waiting to hear about it on the six o'clock news ever since.
What's the hook here? Is it that white steam, exciting noises and sci-fi looking equipment are so very attractive to these ignoramuses than regulated 'mainstream' medical treatment? 🙄
I've read about these and they're crazy. We use these temperatures to kill and remove abnormal tissue. Yes, it reduces inflammation because it reduces EVERYTHING as your body goes "What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck"
We very clearly did not evolve to be flash-frozen.
The lack of oversight regarding the machines is important, but I also wish there was more regulation on what these centers can claim hyperbaric chambers can treat.
Incompetence. To quote from the article, "Thousands of spas, wellness companies and other storefronts are operating hyperbaric chambers in the U.S. without having undergone accreditation"
Jesus, they Apollo 1'd that kid? Who the fuck thinks it's a good idea to let untrained people setup an unregulated business to create hyper fire zones for children?
Whats even more disgusting is the fact they were attempting to treat him for a.d.d. a mental disorder. How the actual fuck was this going to cure that? Disgusting. The parents should be charged too.
Parents were misguided. The therapy centre offering straws for the parents to grasp are the primary villains. Shut them down, oh wait, the health secretary thinks they’re valid.
They think they are valid because they know they are not. RFK JR. is cooked. He sincerely believes in it and trump knew this so who better? Being mindful here that the goal is to kill not treat. RFK is a perfect fall man in the end. But too late sadly. Many will die.
The 'Wellness' industry is simply a modern-day version of the snake oil salesmen. It exists to separate desperate/gullible idiots from their money and for no other reason whatsoever. Whether they end up killing you is a very distant secondary consideration, if they even bother to consider it at all.
Killing one's own child with quack "therapies" can't be overcharged. They deserve to rot in prison forever, and if they have other children, these deserve to be raised by sane and caring people.
I get asked about these every now and then by people desperate for a treatment for dementia. There's a superficial rationale (chronic hypoxia in poorly vascularised brain tissue) but otherwise no evidence of benefit, high costs, and not without risks.
My favorite podcast “Skeptics Guide to the Universe” was talking about a similar anti-vaxx problem: overdosing on vitamin A.
Too much will kill a person.
RFKjr is presently advocating Vitamin A for measles in place of the vaccine.
I know someone with MS that went to a hyperbaric chamber quack for lots of cash money with zero results. Almost as bad as treating cancer with Vitamin C infusions instead of chemo.
I live in a pretty hippy town and hear about it every day. Kind of shocks me still when people tell me they don't trust doctors or big pharma.
Guess that's why CVS and Walgreens have multiple aisles full of overpriced alternative quackery.
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We very clearly did not evolve to be flash-frozen.
And Mr brainworm probably won't help on this "wild west healthcare" 😖😖😖
Everyone is living in the wild west west, including 5 year olds.
(I do know who thinks that's a good idea)
It's a negligent death at a legal therapy no matter if it's pseudoscience.
Too much will kill a person.
RFKjr is presently advocating Vitamin A for measles in place of the vaccine.
“People are taking advantage of parents with children with hard-to-treat conditions, and just kind of monetizing the desperation of the parents.”
Guess that's why CVS and Walgreens have multiple aisles full of overpriced alternative quackery.