Examples include appendectomy, antibiotics for osteomyelitis and digitalis for heart failure. Nevertheless, this is the world in which we live and when considering the field of hyperbarics, it is critical that our use of this modality be based on hard science. The placebo effects of HBO2 can be awesome. For this reason it has been very attractive to quacks, zealous entrepreneurs and dedicated fanatics who make a good living using it for unproven conditions. The information explosion, specifically the Internet, worsens this situation.
Scientists consider peer review necessary.
For this reason, every mother with a CP child wants to try HBO2. However, CP is not one disease, but basically three different disorders and each of those has variations. It can be caused by genetic error present since conception. Or it may be hypoxia at birth. Another cause can be intracranial hemorrhage, and then there is trauma.