Linings of the mouth and throat may also be injured, resulting to mucositis. This is caused by medications taken after bone marrow transplant. It is painful and patient may find it hard to eat and drink. This is treated with pain medications, and the patient is given intravenous infusion for a source of nutrients, and [...]
There are two methods of transplanting a healthy bone marrow to a patient: autologous and allogeneic. Antalogous HSCT takes haematopoietic stem cells from the patient and is stored in a freezer. Then the patient undergoes chemotherapy to get rid of the patient’s cancer cells. Then the stored stem cells will be returned to the patient’s [...]
The patient experiences a lot of pain and inconvenience during transplant and treatment. Aside from the physical pain, the emotional stress and fear of death consumes the patient’s strength. This is why patients and families are encouraged to join support groups to ease their anxiety. The patient feels weak before, during and after the transplant. [...]
Pluripotent stem cells originate from totipotent cells and become part of the germ layer (tissues). Multipotent stem cells produce different cell types belonging to the same “family”, like blood cells – hematopoietic stem cells differentiate to red and white blood cells and other blood-related cells. Unipotent cells develop into only one cell type, and has [...]
Patients who undergo bone marrow transplant may experience complications, which are avoided with proper post-operation care and medications. Major complications include infection, veno-occlusive disease, mucositis, and graft-versus-host disease. Patients undergo chemotherapy to destroy the patient’s existing white blood cells for a period prior to the operation. The patient loses his immune system’s ability to fight [...]
The bone marrow produce blood cells, which are actually derived from hematopoietic cells called stem cells. The distinct feature of stem cells is its ability to regenerate over time. It is present in all stages of the body’s development – from the fusion of an egg and sperm cell to the development of organs and [...]