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Which bone marrow transplant uses the patients own bone marrow?
An autologous bone marrow transplant uses the patient's own bone marrow. The bone marrow is collected from the patient, stored, and later reinfused after high-dose chemotherapy or radiation therapy. This type of transplant helps restore the patient's immune system.
Does leukemia affect the skeletal system?
Because it originates in one's bone marrow, it affects your bone marrow. after that it will spread to the rest of your bones.
Which one of the following is NOT classified as initial care of medical casualties with moderate and severe radiation exposure?
Requires bone marrow transplant therapyequires bone marrow transplant therapy
How does Leukemia Affect the skeletal System?
Leukemia can affect the skeletal system by causing bone pain, bone weakness leading to fractures, and reduced bone marrow production of red and white blood cells and platelets. It can also lead to an increase in immature white blood cells in the bone marrow, impacting bone health and function.
Which condition is caused by damage to the bone marrow by toxic chemicals or radiation?
Aplastic Anemia
What organ is your first line of defense against germs and infections?
bone marrow (people who are exposed to the x ray's radiation for a long time have destroyed bone marrow and die from infections)
What are the two kind of bone marrow?
There is yellow bone marrow and red bone marrow.
If an adult gets a bone marrow transplant will it affect its children?
no it will not affect the child because the child does not depend on the bone so ask a doctor
What is a bone marrow biopsy?
it is a bone that has a marrow in the middle of the musle that causes the bone to have a marrow biopsy
The substance inside the bone that makes blood cells?
Bone marrow.
What are bone marrow made up of?
They are not made up of bone marrow, they just have bone marrow in them.
How many types are there of bone marrow?
There are three types of bone marrow transplant procedure. One of the three is called an Autologous bone marrow transplant. With an Autologous bone marrow procedure, doctors take the persons own bone marrow and freeze it before chemo then reintroduce the marrow into red blood cells after chemo or radiation. The second type is Allogeneic. In an Allogeneic marrow procedure the marrow is taken from a matching marrow donor. The third type is called Umbilical cord blood transplant. With an umbilical cord blood transplant, there can be a wider variety of donor as the cells are still considered immature.
