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New Orleans doctors help regrow toddler's brain after drowning
WWL ^ | July 21, 2017 | None Given

Posted on 07/21/2017 3:34:25 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog

Two-year-old Eden Carlson lost a significant amount of brain tissue after spending 15 minutes underwater. Director of Hyperbaric Medicine, Dr. Paul Harch, says she made remarkable improvements after being treated with oxygen for 45 minutes twice a day.

Weeks later, Eden’s parents brought her to New Orleans, and Harch put her in a hyperbaric chamber.

“I dosed it at the same level of oxygen but now with pressure, and she made another very noticeable improvement with just the first hyperbaric treatment and from there just accelerated,” Harch said.

In February of 2016, Eden escaped the baby gate in her home and fell into a near-freezing pool. Eden’s heart did not beat on its own for two hours, as doctors performed CPR for 100 minutes.

Harch says after multiple hyperbaric treatments, Eden could walk and talk again, something doctors said she would never be able to do. He says even more incredible was her brain, as the toddler actually regrew the brain matter she had lost. That was evident in the MRI scans of her brain.

“The MRI came back as ‘normal,’” Harch said, “She had regrown a substantial amount of lost brain tissue, and you could see it involve the entire brain.”

Harch says Eden continues to improve today. This is the first known case of growing back both white and gray brain matter. He says the potential for future patients with similar problems is enormous. He says it will allow for a forum to look at hyperbaric oxygen treatments.

“It’s a therapy that’s been around for 350 years, and the medical profession has missed the potential application of this therapy,” Harch said.


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To: ifinnegan

***Two-year-old Eden Carlson lost a significant amount of brain tissue***

Near freezing water temps or not, the child still lost a “significant amount” of white & grey matter.


21 posted on 07/21/2017 5:16:14 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: Atomic Vomit

***Their young brains have remarkable powers of regeneration.***

It isn’t just young brains. There are plenty of instances where neural pathways were essentially re-routed in CVA pts or others with some other type of brain injury.


22 posted on 07/21/2017 5:21:08 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: NY.SS-Bar9
"Can we do this on Congress?" Image and video hosting by TinyPic You've got to have brain stem, even something reptilian, to start. It might work on some of the `rats.
23 posted on 07/21/2017 5:38:29 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Wonder Warthog

I saw a documentary once about a child in UK, who was born with, or developed fluid on the brain. Imaging showed almost all fluid in his skull, with a sort of shell of brain tissue surrounding it. He was a twin. Despite the small amount of brain tissue, he was developing at a normal rate. Here’s a link to a similar story:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/boy-no-brain-stuns-doctors-9778554


24 posted on 07/21/2017 5:44:30 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative
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To: Wonder Warthog

So there’s hope for liberals after all???


25 posted on 07/21/2017 5:47:39 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: TexasGator

I’m a big fan of dephlogisticated air.


26 posted on 07/21/2017 5:49:01 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Lil Flower

You are absolutely right.


27 posted on 07/21/2017 5:59:11 PM PDT by Atomic Vomit (http://www.cafepress.com/aroostookbeauty/358829)
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To: IronJack
So there’s hope for liberals after all???

There is nothing wrong with their brains. Their heart and souls on the other hand, are pure evil.

Aside from an authentic religious experience I have never known that to change.

28 posted on 07/21/2017 6:00:04 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: Wonder Warthog

Same therapy that was used on Randal McCloy Jr. after he survived the Sago Mine explosion on 1/6/06. Worked great for him too.

http://wvmetronews.com/2015/12/31/sago-mine-disaster-survivor-10-years-later/


29 posted on 07/21/2017 6:10:30 PM PDT by Roccus ((When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu"))
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To: Roccus

Correction...explosion was on 1/2/06


30 posted on 07/21/2017 6:19:25 PM PDT by Roccus ((When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu"))
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To: Wonder Warthog
Director of Hyperbaric Medicine,

Just add this example to the growing number of "cases" being cured by hyperbaric medicine, including autism............

31 posted on 07/22/2017 3:18:14 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Flaming Conservative

I recall reading about this or similar as well. The brain is probably the biggest terra incognito still remaining in medicine.


32 posted on 07/22/2017 5:15:42 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Hot Tabasco
"Just add this example to the growing number of "cases" being cured by hyperbaric medicine, including autism............ "

Well, determining autism or not is a bit more nebulous than having before and after MRI's.

Given the supreme simplicity of hyperbaric treatment, one has to wonder why it isn't used more broadly. The equipment can't be all that expensive to acquire and operate.

33 posted on 07/22/2017 5:23:52 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: NY.SS-Bar9

No, Congress has been brain dead for decades already.


34 posted on 07/22/2017 5:36:35 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Wonder Warthog
Regain was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, so we flew him to Germany for hypobaric oxygen treatment. It was not that we in America do not have hypobaric chambers, it is that hypobaric treatment of cancer is illegal by the FDA laws.

Would not want to ruin a multi billion dollar cancer treatment industry with a cure would we?

35 posted on 07/22/2017 10:10:13 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Wonder Warthog
Given the supreme simplicity of hyperbaric treatment, one has to wonder why it isn't used more broadly.

Most likely the cost and the fact it's not proven to be effective. A friend had one session following back surgery that didn't turn out as expected. The cost to him was $145 and they said it could take up to 40 sessions........yea, right.

36 posted on 07/22/2017 10:12:53 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco
"Most likely the cost and the fact it's not proven to be effective.

$145 doesn't strike me as all that expensive compared to many other medical treatments. And it "is" obviously effective for some things, given the MRI evidence for this case.

"A friend had one session following back surgery that didnt turn out as expected."

And what was "expected"?? Not all treatments work for all patients, unfortunately. If it was "reduced pain", then it falls into the same category of nebulousness as autism.

37 posted on 07/22/2017 10:32:35 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Wonder Warthog
And what was "expected"??

Certainly not 40 sessions at $145 a pop.....and they're not covered by insurance.

38 posted on 07/22/2017 10:51:01 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Wonder Warthog

Especially a child’s brain.


39 posted on 07/23/2017 2:16:13 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative
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To: Hot Tabasco
"Certainly not 40 sessions at $145 a pop.....and they're not covered by insurance."

That doesn't answer my question. What TREATMENT "result" was expected that didn't happen.

40 posted on 07/23/2017 4:55:39 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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