When 100 percent oxygen is delivered at an increased pressure it increases the amount of oxygen being carried by the blood to vital organs and tissues in the body. (The illustration on this page shows the distribution of oxygen in the blood.) Increased oxygen levels will:
Improve the healing of chronic wounds.
Enhance the bacteria-killing ability of white blood cells.
Reduce swelling by constricting blood
vessels without causing any oxygen
deprivation.
Improve the benefits of some antibiotics.
Stimulate the formation of new, small
blood vessels.
