bone marrow
The bone marrow contains stem cells, which divide themselves into the production of very important blood cells, including red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells. Each cell of blood cells, The red blood cells provide the body with the oxygen needed to carry out its functions. The white blood cells act as a protective shield for the body. They treat infections, bacteria and viruses, and protect the body’s immunity. Platelets help to clot blood and prevent bleeding.
Cases that require the use of bone marrow transplantation
- All types of leukemia.
- Blood cancers of all kinds, such as leukemia and lymphocytic leukemia.
- Some immunological or genetic diseases.
- Cancer of the lymph nodes.
- Bone marrow failure.
- Genetic immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV).
- Bone marrow disorders.
Transplantation of the bone marrow
It is a process in which the injured bone marrow is replaced, unable to perform its function with another bone marrow properly, and the process of transplanting the bone marrow is three types:
- Self-bone marrow transplantation: It is done by returning the patient’s own cells, and by collecting the healthy cells in the patient’s own body during the illness, and then returning them to his body later.
- Agriculture is from a healthy donor: it is obtained by obtaining a healthy bone marrow from another donor, so that its species correspond to the patient’s factions. In most cases, the donor is either a brother, a sister or a relative.
- Cord culture: The stem cells are taken from the umbilical cord, which contains many stem cells after birth, and then kept until needed by any patient in need.
process
Bone marrow transplantation is an easy process, just like a normal blood transfusion. Bone marrow transplantation is done by inserting healthy stem cells into the patient’s body through the intravenous catheter. Two days after the chemotherapy is completed, the procedure takes about a quarter of an hour. This process is that the patient does not feel any pain at all, so no need for local anesthesia or total, and must be kept under observation until the patient fully recovered.
The patient often feels very tired, loss of appetite, need to vomit, diarrhea, nausea, and colic. Therefore, the patient’s doctor gives drugs that demonstrate the activity of the immune system.