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Graft vs Host disease is reaction to a bone or stem cell transplant. This is when the body rejects the new bone or cells. This can result in system failure and lead to death in extreme cases.
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What does blood transfusion graft-vs.-host disease affect?
Blood transfusion graft-vs.-host disease affects mostly the blood.
What is Graft versus host disease?
What does the term "Graft versus host disease" mean? Immunologic reaction involving the attack of host cells by donor immune cells.
What transplanted tissues can cause graft-vs.-host disease?
The only transplanted tissues that house enough immune cells to cause graft vs. host disease are the blood and the bone marrow.
What does the medical abbreviation GVHD mean?
Graft-versus-host-disease
What forms of graft-vs.-host disease are there?
Bone marrow graft-vs.-host disease comes in an acute and a chronic form. The acute form appears within two months of the transplant; the chronic form usually appears within three months.
When is Graft versus host disease most likely to occur?
A Graft versus host disease is most likely to occur or happen, when a tissue transplant does not take because the body fights the transplanted tissue. The recipient or host body rejects the tissue and attacks it.
How common is bone marrow graft-vs.-host disease?
The tissues most affected by bone marrow graft-vs.-host disease are the skin, the liver, and the intestines. One form or the other occurs in close to half of the patients
Why did Susan Bucher die?
graft-versus-host disease and finding out her cancer had returned.
What induces a graft-versus-host reaction?
A graft versus host reaction is a product of stem cells being used to treat disease and not taking to each other. Even when identical siblings have contributed, this complication can happen.
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How can graft-vs.-host disease be avoided for blood transfusion recipients?
For recipients of blood transfusions who are especially likely to have graft-vs.-host reactions, the red blood cells can safely be irradiated (using x rays) to kill all the immune cells.
What are pathrogens?
A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host.
