Oxygen Bar & Cataracts

Cataracts are a common eye condition that can cause poor eyesight or blindness. They often require surgery to be corrected. However, oxygen bar therapy may slow the process that causes cataracts.

Oxygen Bars

Oxygen bars offer a way for a client to inhale concentrated amounts of oxygen. Most often, oxygen bar therapy is offered in specialty oxygen bars, but there are also some portable oxygen bar products on the market. Oxygen bar proprietors claim that oxygen bar therapy offers a number of health benefits.

Cataract

Cataracts usually form as a result of old age. As the body ages its natural functions begin to slow, and nutrients and oxygen are not delivered to the eyes as quickly or in the same quantity. As nutrients diminish, eye cells may begin die. These cells are then shed and can build up and cloud the eye, forming a cataract.

Preventing Cataracts

Although the Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated the use of oxygen bars, users and proprietors of oxygen bars claim that by using one, the risk of cataracts can be reduced. The idea is that, by delivering large amounts of oxygen, the aging process is slowed and the cells in eyes live longer. Therefore, fewer eye cells are shed, and there is less buildup in the eye, reducing the risk of cataracts.

Treating Cataracts

Although oxygen bar therapy may help slow or halt the growth of cataracts, it cannot reduce or dissolve cataracts that have already formed in the eye. The dead cells that cause age-related cataracts can generally only be removed with surgery.