logo

Hyperbaric Therapy and Autism Ranking: Strong negative evidence

Audience

Hyperbaric therapy is normally used to treat people with medical conditions such as embolisms, decompression sickness or carbon monoxide poisoning.

Some people have suggested that hyperbaric therapy can also be used to treat autistic individuals who have underlying physiological conditions such as cerebral hypoperfusion, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress.

Updated
17 Jun 2022
Last Review
01 Sep 2016
Next Review
01 Dec 2022