| |December 20209PROCEDURE OF STEM CELL THERAPYThe stem cells are isolated from the bone marrow or the adipose tissues followed by their processing and en-richment under sterile conditions. These activated stem cells are placed back into the patient's body at the tar-get site for repairing the damaged tis-sue. It is necessary that the stem cells are injected in the specific area of in-jury as only then the desired results will be achieved. Adipose stem cells are preferred over bone marrow stem cells as they are easy to isolate and contain a higher number of stem cells. STEM CELLS INJECTIONSThe stem cells injections are gaining much of the interest because it is de-void of the painful procedure, takes less time in comparison to a surgery, there are no host and recipient rejec-tions as stem cells are harvested from the patient's body itself and a targeted delivery system is available.The stem cells obtained are pro-cessed in a sophisticated stem cell lab and after activation are inserted back into the host with the help intra-venous, intramuscular, intra-arterial, intradermal and intrathecal injec-tions as per the requirement of the treatment process.WHAT IS THE USE OF ANESTHETICS AND WHY?Usually, local anesthetics are used during a stem cell procedure to numb the area but sometimes general anes-thesia is also given while extracting the stem cells from bone marrow. But it is necessary to find out what anes-thetic your doctor uses during ortho-pedic stem cell treatments. A number of anesthetics have been found to kill the stem cells thus; the treatment's end result will greatly depend on the use of anesthetics. Some anesthetics very well sync with the stem cell and hence, aid in the treatment.HOW GOOD ARE THE PROCESSING TECH-NIQUES IN THE ONSITE LABS?Stem cells are to be extracted and pro-cessed in a clean room, under aseptic conditions maintaining a controlled environment. The doctor should ex-plain the entire process and the num-ber of viable stem cells infused into the patient during the process. Also, the precision of the injections to pro-vide good quality of stem cells at the site of injury will help in better and faster recovery of the patient's dam-aged area. DURATION AND COST OF THE THERAPYCost of the treatment and its duration varies from one patient to another. The disease which needs to be cured, the severity, age factor, health con-dition, etc, define the duration of the therapy. One may respond during the treatment phase itself while the other may show results after a few sessions or weeks. Depending upon the disease diagnosed, the stem cells extracted, duration of the therapy, other adju-vants used in the process, the cost of the stem cell therapy can vary.FOLLOW-UP VISITSIt is essential that after the stem cell therapy the patient should visit the stem cell doctor for recuperation ther-apies. The primary goals of such ther-apy is the prevention of secondary complications, analysis of recovery of motor, sensory and all the bodily func-tioning, psychological support/coun-seling for depression, mood swings or anxiety etc. and reintegration into the community. There can be different sets of pre-cautions which need to be followed at various steps for the recovery of the damaged tissues. The treatment and post treatment conditions may vary from person to person depending upon the disease and the severity.SUCCESS RATE OF STEM CELL THERAPYStem cell therapy has shown results in treating serious ailments like leuke-mia, grafting tissues, autism, orthope-dic conditions and skin problems etc. Stem Cell Therapy has been success-fully used in the treatment of around 80 serious disorders. Survival rates among patients who received stem cell treatment are significantly high, whether the cell donors are related or unrelated to them. With the ongo-ing research around the world, scien-tists are exploring new possibilities in which a number of life threatening diseases can be prevented and cured hence, the stem cells have proved to be promising in the near future as many aspects are yet to be revealed. Survival rates among patients who received stem cell treatment are significantly high, whether the cell donors are related or unrelated to them
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