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If you suffer from epilepsy can you become bone marrow donor?
Lucifer123
According to the DKMS website (the world's largest marrow donor center), people with certain conditions are limited or prohibited in donating marrow. Epileptic donors are limited:
"More than one seizure in the past year or multiple seizures are not acceptable. Epilepsy controlled with medication, when there has been no more than one seizure in the past year, is acceptable." -dkmsamericas.org
Also keep in mind that even though you may have controlled seizures for over a year, the process of donating may lower your seizure threshold.
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When was National Marrow Donor Program created?
National Marrow Donor Program was created in 1986.
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The motto of National Marrow Donor Program is 'Creating Connections. Saving Lives.'.
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allogenic
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Some Facts About Bone Marrow Transplant?
A bone marrow transplant is the transplant of marrow cells and blood from a healthy person to a person who is in need of marrow and blood cells. The healthy blood and marrow replace the diseased cells of the sick person. The marrow cells are stem cells, which means they can develop into red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.Who Needs a Bone Marrow Transplant?People who have blood cancers like leukemia may need bone marrow transplants. Leukemia is a malignant overgrowth of white blood cells in the bone marrow, the lymph glands, the spleen, the liver or other organs that are part of the lymphatic system. Other candidates for the transplant are:People whose suffer from thalassemias, where the red blood cells contain less hemoglobin than normal.People who suffer from aplastic anemia, where the bone marrow doesn't produce enough blood cells.People who suffer from sickle cell anemia, where the red blood cells are deformed and can't carry hemoglobin properly. Sickle cell anemia causes episodes of extreme pain and chronic poor health and can be life threatening.Sometimes radiation and chemotherapy can damage bone marrow to the point where it can't produce blood cells, so a bone marrow transplant is needed.Who Gives a Bone Marrow Transplant?The patient can give a bone marrow transplant to themselves. If the patient was healthy and had to have treatment where the destruction of their bone marrow was a possibility, they can have their bone marrow stem cells stored.Other bone marrow transplants come from a donor. The problem here is that the donor's stem cells have to match the patient's very closely. Sometimes, even a brother, sister or parent isn't a match for the patient and there might be a wait till a donor is found.Sometimes the donor cells come from umbilical cord blood.How Is Bone Marrow Collected?Nowadays, doctors rarely perform the painful procedure where marrow is taken out of the donor's hip, but in most cases a needle withdraws blood from the donor's arm. The stem cells are removed from the blood and what's left of the donor's blood is returned to them.
What is allogeneic bone marrow transplantation?
In a procedure called "allogeneic bone marrow transplant," a donor is found whose marrow matches that of the patient.
What kind of bone marrow transplantuses bone marrow from a doner?
All bone marrow transplants require bone marrow from a donor; the purpose of the transplant is to replace the patient's bone marrow (that no longer works) with some that does work, which clearly cannot come from the patient (since they have none that works). Hence a donor must be used.
When the donor is the patient himself it is what type of bone marrow transplant?
Autologous = own marrow Allogeneic = transplant from a related (or tissue matched) donor. Syngeneic = transplant from an identical twin.
Is it necessary to take the DNA test of the donor in case his bone marrow is taken for transplantation?
If it's a blood donor, you don't need to. BMBP'S REPLY-I accept but we are talking about bone marrow transplantation
What is Marrow replacement process?
This is bone marrow transplant. A compatible donor should be screen and crossmatch before they can perform the transplant.
Can a bone marrow transplant change the DNA of the new blood cells?
Sort of... Assuming there is no GVHD and the bone marrow transplant is successful, a blood test will show what percent of the recipient's blood is their own blood and what percent of the recipient's blood was produced from the donor's bone marrow. If the test comes back ">95%", then the recipient's blood and the donor's blood have become DNA-identical. Interestingly enough, the recipient's hair and saliva remain the same DNA they were born with. Their hair and saliva do NOT change to the donor's DNA. So, the recipient of the bone marrow transplant would then have two DNA's in their body. Neat stuff!
