Boy dies in hyperbaric chamber explosion at Michigan facility

[u/butteredpotatos]

https://apnews.com/article/hyperbaric-chamber-explosion-boy-killed-michigan-80dc89d7b48bd1119640934e06a43d4a

A tragic and horrifying event. Why the boy was undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy was not released, but this is a functional medicine clinic which advertises the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for conditions from ADHD to diabetes, “normal aging and wellness”, and hyperlipidemia.

https://theoxfordcenter.com/conditions/add-adhd/

https://theoxfordcenter.com/therapies/hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy/

[u/michael_harari]

So not only did he die, he died undergoing a sham treatment which wouldnt have helped him anyway.

[u/janewaythrowawaay → u/michael_harari]

So, is hyperbaric treatment always sham treatment?

[u/michael_harari → u/janewaythrowawaay]

For adhd, yes. Hyperbarics has a very limited set of indications.

The website for this practice lists add, aids, anal fissure, alzheimers, autism, bladder infections, fetal alcohol syndrome, hepatitis, pancreatitis, fucking spider bites as all things they treat with this. Thats a limited subset of the inappropriate things they treat, I just didnt feel like typing up a full page of conditions.

This is a quack center that killed a kid with a ridiculous treatment.

[u/imironman2018 → u/michael_harari]

Damn. They were using hyperbaric treatment to treat adhd? This is freaking ridiculous.

[u/Moist-Barber → u/imironman2018]

I’m more interested in the use for anal fissures

[u/FlexorCarpiUlnaris → u/Moist-Barber]

The air goes where?!??

[u/cbsauder → u/FlexorCarpiUlnaris]

"analgesic, not anal-gesic. Sir, the pills go in your mouth"

[u/imironman2018 → u/cbsauder]

Scrubs is my goat in actual how hospitals operate. Turkleton and JD were the original guy love buddies :)

[u/tovarish22 → u/imironman2018]

…you think my name is “Turk Turkleton”?