This is
really fantastic news and happy to find out that someone who was with Multiple
Sclerosis was able to get back on his legs after ten years.
The recent
research and development on Relapsing Multiple sclerosis has opened up new
frontiers. Roy Palmer, 49 was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis ten years back.
He and his doctor decided to go for HSCT (Hematopoietic stem cell
transplantation) in the United Kingdom.
During the
HSCT the patient’s stem cell is removed, frozen and stored. While this is being
done. Removing a healthy stem cell is done from our own spinal cord, or if you
have healthy sibling or going for a donor of stem cell.
Roy Palmer
stem cell was harvested from the spinal cord and had to go through several
rounds of Chemotherapy. This is done to bring down your immune system and to
kill the unhealthy cells.
Precaution
need to taken while your immune system is down, since even a small infection
can prove to be fatal. Once the chemotherapy session is done, the healthy stem
cell is transplanted again back to our human body.
HSCT
(Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation) has proved to be very effective in
case of Roy Palmer as today he is able to walk without any support.
The whole
Multiple Sclerosis group and foundation is very happy on this break through
treatment.
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