At 6:00 p.m. on March 31, Wang Xia, Director of the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center at Nanjing Zijin Hospital, was invited to appear on Jiangsu Health Radio’s “Medical Panorama” program. Through simultaneous outreach via radio, the Da Lan Jing app, and Lizhi News, she provided authoritative explanations of the principles, clinical applications, and safety guidelines of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, addressing common misconceptions among the public.

Director Wang Xia has been engaged in hyperbaric oxygen therapy for nearly thirty years, with extensive experience in the management of severe hypoxic brain injury, poisoning‑related rehabilitation, and chronic non‑healing wounds. She also serves as a member of provincial and municipal expert committees on hyperbaric oxygen medicine. She possesses substantial expertise in areas such as carbon monoxide poisoning, traumatic brain injury, stroke rehabilitation, chronic wound healing, and the promotion of consciousness recovery in patients with disorders of consciousness.

In the program, she clearly explained the core mechanism of hyperbaric oxygen therapy: inhaling pure oxygen in an environment exceeding one atmosphere of pressure significantly increases the amount of oxygen physically dissolved in the blood plasma, delivering it directly to ischemic and hypoxic tissues— a specialized medical intervention that cannot be replaced by ordinary oxygen inhalation.

She emphasized that hyperbaric oxygen therapy is an absolute indication for carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, and air embolism, and is widely used in the management of traumatic brain injury, post-stroke rehabilitation, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, diabetic foot, and delayed fracture healing, with particularly notable benefits when combined with rehabilitation and pharmacological treatments. Drawing on clinical cases from Nanjing Zijin Hospital, hyperbaric oxygen therapy has demonstrated remarkable efficacy in promoting arousal in patients with disorders of consciousness and in facilitating neurological functional recovery, helping numerous critically ill patients return to daily life.

In response to the current hot topics of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for anti‑aging and sub‑health management, Director Wang Xia stated objectively that hyperbaric oxygen can help alleviate chronic fatigue and memory decline, but it is intended for the repair of pathological hypoxia rather than a wellness regimen for healthy individuals, nor is it a cosmetic or anti‑aging treatment.

She specifically emphasized that medical hyperbaric chambers are classified as Class III medical devices by the state and differ fundamentally from home‑use oxygen chambers in terms of pressure, oxygen concentration, and safety monitoring; they are not interchangeable. During the program, Director Wang Xia also addressed listeners’ questions on rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury, postoperative care after cerebral hemorrhage, and delayed encephalopathy caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, clarifying treatment contraindications, pre‑procedural assessments, and standardized treatment protocols, while debunking common misconceptions such as “hyperbaric oxygen therapy causes addiction,” “the more frequent, the better,” and “it can boost IQ.”

This appearance on “Medical Panorama” represents an important initiative by the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center of Nanjing Zijin Hospital to provide authoritative public education. Moving forward, the hospital will continue to leverage its disciplinary strengths to disseminate accurate information about hyperbaric oxygen therapy, enhance the public’s scientific understanding of critical care rehabilitation and hyperbaric oxygen treatment, and safeguard patients’ health through cutting-edge expertise and high-quality services.

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