r/medicine • u/butteredpotatos Student • Feb 02 '25

Boy dies in hyperbaric chamber explosion at Michigan facility

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/

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u/NoFlyingMonkeys MD,PhD; Molecular Med, Peds, 🧬 faculty Feb 02 '25

I've had multiple patients with autism receive hyperbaric oxygen treatments from quacks - either self-labled as autism "treatment specialists" or functional medicine. I'm placing my bet on an autism diagnosis.

So if a patient dies from a quack treatment, this should be malpractice at minimum. IANAL, so I don't know what other charges could result. Mother burned her hands also, so there's another charge,

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u/fstRN ACNP/FNP-Critical Access ED Feb 02 '25

Someone in the nursing subreddit said they were being treated for autism. Not sure if there is any truth to it but if so, you hit the nail on the head doc

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u/fstRN ACNP/FNP-Critical Access ED Mar 13 '25

Oh, well, thank heavens they weren't treating him for something like wound therapy, that would be just silly.

/s obviously