Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

This involves breathing oxygen in a pressurized chamber and has been cleared by FDA only for certain medical uses, such as treating decompression sickness suffered by divers.On a pathophysiological basis hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been suggested as an effective therapeutic method in ASD, and thus many parents/guardians attempt to treat their child with ASD using this method. A review of the literature on whether HBOT as a therapy significantly affects the symptoms of ASD does not confirm its effectiveness. With the evidence available, HBOT should not be considered an effective treatment for children with ASD. It remains a pseudoscientific treatment that appears empirically sound, but has no scientific foundation of positive results. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2016) has clearly stated that HBOT has not been clinically proven to be effective in autism treatment, nor has it been cleared as safe by the FDA.