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Chicago, Illinois is home to 3 practicing hyperbaric medicine & undersea medicine doctors who have offices in 1 county and 4 zip codes, including zip codes 60657, 60642, 60625, and 60607.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Chicago has a population of 2,842,518, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 hyperbaric medicine & undersea medicine doctor for every 947,506 residents.
Most people think that Chicago, because of its size and popularity, is Illinois’ capital city, but that distinction belongs to Springfield, home of the Abraham Lincoln Museum. Illinois has hundreds of museums, numerous yearly art and ethnic festivals, a lakeshore bordering Lake Michigan, and the many national forests and parks that offers visitors camping, horseback riding, biking, kayaking, and fishing. Chicago is home to the Sears Tower, the Shedd Aquarium, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Adler Planetarium, the Museum of Science and Industry, and other cultural opportunities and restaurants in the Navy Pier area.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Illinois has a population of 12,763,371. Of this population, 3,172,677 are under the age of 18 and 1,523,937 are at or above the age of 65.
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.
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