High-pressure oxygen can effectively treat fibromyalgia

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 14:00 in Health & Medicine

Women with fibromyalgia, a chronic pain syndrome, were able to drastically reduce, or even eliminate, their use of pain medication following hyperbaric oxygen treatment, according to new research.. The researchers also believe they have identified the primary factor causing fibromyalgia: the disruption of the brain mechanism for processing pain.

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