Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Lyme disease, cerebral palsy, stroke, dementia, rheumatic disease, Necrotizing fasciitis, Sports injuries, Post-polio syndrome, Carbon monoxide poisoning, absence seizure, Decompression sickness, necrosis and radiation osteonecrosis, Severe infection by anaerobic bacteria, Certain non-healing wounds, Air or gas embolism, Severe uncorrected anemia, and Chronic refractory Osteomyelitis.
Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT).
To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including transcutaneous oxygen testing.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 331 practicing hyperbaric medicine & undersea medicine doctors. Broken out by state, hyperbaric medicine & undersea medicine doctor density in Alabama is 5, in Arizona is 8, in Arkansas is 4, in California is 58, in Colorado is 9, in Connecticut is 11, in District of Columbia is 2, in Florida is 49, in Georgia is 14, in Hawaii is 8, in Idaho is 5, in Illinois is 7, in Indiana is 1, in Iowa is 5, in Kansas is 3, in Kentucky is 3, in Louisiana is 16, in Maine is 4, in Maryland is 10, in Massachusetts is 5, in Michigan is 9, in Minnesota is 3, in Mississippi is 7, in Missouri is 22, in Nebraska is 3, in Nevada is 3, in New Hampshire is 4, in New Jersey is 18, in New York is 18, in North Carolina is 12, in Ohio is 15, in Oklahoma is 3, in Oregon is 2, in Pennsylvania is 11, in Rhode Island is 3, in South Carolina is 5, in South Dakota is 1, in Tennessee is 4, in Texas is 48, in Utah is 9, in Virginia is 19, in Washington is 18, in West Virginia is 1, and in Wisconsin is 4.
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