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Bone Marrow Donation
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What is Bone marrow? flexible spongy tissue in the interior of bones such as your hip and thigh. constitutes 4% of the total body mass
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Types of bone marrow red marrow-hematopoietic tissue produces approximately 500 billion blood cells per day yellow marrow-fat cells.
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Red marrow At birth, all bone marrow is red. Only around half of adult bone marrow is red. mainly in the flat bones- pelvis, sternum, cranium, ribs, vertebrae and scapulae In cases of severe blood loss, the body can convert yellow marrow back to red marrow to increase blood cell production.
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What is Bone marrow transplant? A bone marrow transplant is a procedure to replace damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. hematopoietic stem cells are removed from a person and infused into another person (allogenic) or into the same person at a later time (autologous)
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Reason for transplant. Treat severe bone marrow diseases including cancer Congenital defects. Autoimmune diseases or malignancies.
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Methods to donate Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) Donation Bone Marrow Donation
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PBSC In 75% of cases your blood is drawn via a sterile needle in one arm and passed through a machine that filters out the blood stem cells and then returns the rest of your blood back to your body through the other arm.
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Bone Marrow Donation In 25% of cases -when the patient is a child outpatient surgical procedure The procedure generally takes1-2 hours.
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Umbilical cord donation Umbilical cord blood, which is typically thrown away, is rich with the blood- forming cells that can give blood cancer patients hope for a cure. Donating your baby’s cord blood to a public cord blood bank can help patients get the transplants they need.
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Organizations and websites National Marrow Donor Program, (NMDP) http://bethematch.org/ www.deletebloodcancer.org www.deletebloodcancer.org Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation, an American bone marrow transplantation registry
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Bone marrow statistics This year, at least 130,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a serious blood disease. Leukemia will strike 44,000 Americans this year, including 3,500 children. Only 30 percent of patients who need a bone marrow transplant have a matching donor in their families. Only 2 percent of population is on the national registry.
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Statistics
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Odds Almost 1000 people die every year. 80% of the time African Americans find only one match. Multi-Racial face the worst odds of finding a match.
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Ways to help. If you are ineligible to register, there are plenty of other ways to help us save lives: Host a donor drive --- Host a donor drive Raise Money --- Raise Money Spread the word Spread the word
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