The spinal cord transmits information between the brain and the rest of the body. Injury to
the spinal cord can cause paralysis and the inability to talk and permanent damage to the
brain and legs . The spinal cord is made up of disks that protect nerves that run down the
back. A spinal cord injury happens when one or more of the disks in the spine are broken or
moved so that they are pinching the nerves. After you have surgery to move the bones off
the nerve the problem is still not solved. The problem then becomes the nerve itself. The
nerve has protecting it layers of tissue called the Myelin and when the disks move the Myelin
get torn off the nerve fibers. When the myelin is not there and the nerve fiber is exposed this …show more content…
What you can do is harvest stem cells from the fat around your belly button by using a
syringe to get the fat out of the belly button. You can also get it from the bone marrow by
using a drill to get into the bones, preferably in the leg, and then you take out the bone
marrow using a syringe. Then you need to take the stem cells and have the platelets
removed. Platelets are cells in the blood that recognize when a cell is injured or needs to be
destroyed. You need to take these out and put into plasma like gel to be added back later.
After working on the plasma rich platelets the plasma is added back into the stem cells to
create a concoction of plasma rich platelets and stem cells. These are put into the body in
the place where the nerve was damaged. The stem cells then react to their environment so
that and into new cells that are stem cells or in to Myelin cells with collect around the fibers
and heal the damaged nerve. These processes can take a long time or it can be quick, but
the tissue will be rebuilt and the patient should be able to continue normal activities with
almost normal abilities.
There is much debate at to whether this kind of treatment works. Some people have said …show more content…
This is a risky
move considering the amount of money it costs to get Stem Cell Therapy. It costs around
7,000 to 8,000 dollars to get cell therapy and with the fact that it may not even work this is
very risky. People do not want to spend lots of money on something that may not even help
them, so Stem Cell Therapy has a large economic hurdle to overcome. Another problem that
people are with having stem cell therapy is the fact that because this is a new practice
nobody knows the long-term effects on the part of the body that the stem cells are taken from
and applied to. There is one severe side effect that. Scientists have discovered that some
patients can get something called Daft-Versus-Hostile disease. This is a potentially fatal
disease that can occur once stem cell therapy is completed this happens when the stem
cells put back into the body actually attacks what it is supposed to be healing. This disease
can cause rashes, jaundice, vomiting, diarrhea, and in the case of the spinal cord in worst-
case scenarios paralysis. This is a major issue that scientists are going to have to figure
the spinal cord can cause paralysis and the inability to talk and permanent damage to the
brain and legs . The spinal cord is made up of disks that protect nerves that run down the
back. A spinal cord injury happens when one or more of the disks in the spine are broken or
moved so that they are pinching the nerves. After you have surgery to move the bones off
the nerve the problem is still not solved. The problem then becomes the nerve itself. The
nerve has protecting it layers of tissue called the Myelin and when the disks move the Myelin
get torn off the nerve fibers. When the myelin is not there and the nerve fiber is exposed this …show more content…
What you can do is harvest stem cells from the fat around your belly button by using a
syringe to get the fat out of the belly button. You can also get it from the bone marrow by
using a drill to get into the bones, preferably in the leg, and then you take out the bone
marrow using a syringe. Then you need to take the stem cells and have the platelets
removed. Platelets are cells in the blood that recognize when a cell is injured or needs to be
destroyed. You need to take these out and put into plasma like gel to be added back later.
After working on the plasma rich platelets the plasma is added back into the stem cells to
create a concoction of plasma rich platelets and stem cells. These are put into the body in
the place where the nerve was damaged. The stem cells then react to their environment so
that and into new cells that are stem cells or in to Myelin cells with collect around the fibers
and heal the damaged nerve. These processes can take a long time or it can be quick, but
the tissue will be rebuilt and the patient should be able to continue normal activities with
almost normal abilities.
There is much debate at to whether this kind of treatment works. Some people have said …show more content…
This is a risky
move considering the amount of money it costs to get Stem Cell Therapy. It costs around
7,000 to 8,000 dollars to get cell therapy and with the fact that it may not even work this is
very risky. People do not want to spend lots of money on something that may not even help
them, so Stem Cell Therapy has a large economic hurdle to overcome. Another problem that
people are with having stem cell therapy is the fact that because this is a new practice
nobody knows the long-term effects on the part of the body that the stem cells are taken from
and applied to. There is one severe side effect that. Scientists have discovered that some
patients can get something called Daft-Versus-Hostile disease. This is a potentially fatal
disease that can occur once stem cell therapy is completed this happens when the stem
cells put back into the body actually attacks what it is supposed to be healing. This disease
can cause rashes, jaundice, vomiting, diarrhea, and in the case of the spinal cord in worst-
case scenarios paralysis. This is a major issue that scientists are going to have to figure