Hyperbaric oxygen
Breathing oxygen at increased pressure raises the amount dissolved in the blood and reaching poorly perfused tissue. It is used for selected non-healing diabetic foot wounds, refractory venous ulcers and tissue damaged by previous radiotherapy, always alongside restoring blood flow rather than instead of it.
Balneotherapy
Supervised mineral-water and hydrotherapy programmes can ease the heaviness, swelling and skin discomfort of chronic venous disease and support rehabilitation after surgery. It is a complement to compression and to definitive treatment of the underlying veins, not a replacement for either.
