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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.
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What is autologous bone marrow transplant?
Bone marrow is taken out and stored for some time. After treatment, which could be chemotherapy or radiotherapy, the stored bone marrow is returned to the patient. This procedure is carried out during treatment of cancer, Hodgkin's or leukemia and is called autologous bone marrow transplant
What are some treatments for leukemia?
some are ibrutinib, other drug therapy, and bone marrow transplant
Mrs gilmer's leukemia is being treated with a bone marrow transplant some of her bone marrow was harvested so that she will be able to receive a bone marrow transplant?
Harvesting bone marrow involves removing healthy stem cells from a donor's hip bone. These cells are then transplanted into the recipient's bloodstream, where they travel to the bone marrow and begin producing new blood cells. This procedure is commonly used to treat conditions like leukemia, where the patient's bone marrow is not functioning properly.
What bone marrow is sed in a bone marrow transplant?
Bone marrow is a red compound found at the centre of large bones in the body. It helps the body to make blood cells and have immunity against diseases. A bone marrow donor has a small operation, where a small hole is made in their hip bone. Some bone marrow is removed, under local anaesthetic. This bone marrow is then given to the bone marrow recipient.
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.
What is the bone marrow transplant uses healthy bone marrow cells from a compatible donor such as a sibling?
Sometimes. In an allogeneic bone marrow transplant the bone marrow is taken from a donor and infused into a recipient. Usually the recipient has undergone intensive radiation therapy in order to wipe out the immune system so that it will not attack the foreign bone marrow cells (reject it) and the donor marrow has had some cells that would attack the recipient removed. In an autologous transplant bone marrow is removed from the patients, treated in some way, and then infused back into the patient. It can be frozen and saved while the patient undergoes some kind of therapy and then thawed and reinfused. In a syngeneic transplant marrow from one identical twin is infused into the other twin. This one is pretty cool because no treatment is needed to prevent rejection (but the recipient will probably still receive treatment for the disease.
Which condition is treated witha bone marrow transplant?
Leukemia, and some other blood disorders.
What is marrow cavity?
The function of the marrow cavity in bone is to produce more red and white blood cells. This is why some people with cancers and auto immune diseases will seek to have a bone marrow transplant.
When is an autologous stem cell transplant needed?
An autologous stem cell transplant is usually needed when a disease has damaged or destroyed bone marrow. Some diseases include Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, and asplatic anemia.
Does all life on earth have bone marrow?
If some animals on earth do not have a skeliton, then why would they have bone marrow?
Why is a bone marrow transplant done?
Bone marrow produces stem cells. These stem cells eventually develop into blood cells. Bone marrow is a critical part of the body because it is the body's main blood cell "factory." If something is wrong with the marrow, a person can become very ill, even die.In diseases such as leukemia and aplastic anemia, the bone marrow is unhealthy. The purpose of a bone marrow transplant is to put healthy stem cells in place of the unhealthy ones. This can treat or even cure the disease.
Is there a treatment for leukemia?
Yes, there is a treatment for leukemia. Treatment is usually in the form of drugs, coupled with chemotherapy. Some patients may also undergo radiation therapy or a bone marrow transplant.
