How does a bone marrow transplant work?

The bone marrow is spongy substances located in our medullary cavities that are the large bones of our body.  It produces blood cells. Each blood cell produced has an important role to play in the body's functioning. The bone marrow transplantation is expensive. The transplantation takes place in two different ways. Firstly, Autologous transplantation which happens without the need of any donor. The autologous transplantation uses the healthy blood stem cell from the patient body and replaced with damaged bone marrow. It is easy with the success rate recorded was 86% in people affected with high dosage. Allogeneic transplantation is the second criterion. This transplantation requires a healthy donor whose blood cells match with the patient. The donor can be a family member or an unrelated person. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an infusion of both autologous and allogeneic stem cells. It is rarely needed.

The very first successful transplantation was done in 1968 by the University of Minnesota.  The success of transplantation gave an evidence growth. Today, it is way too easy to donate or to find a donor. The BMT has saved thousands of lives. The transplantation is less painful. It is similar to that of donating blood making sure to shift both the donor and patient into a high-efficiency particulate air room. It is important so that no fungal infection takes place. Before the transplantation,

• the donor medical history is proofread who must be of age between  18-44.
• The blood cells colled is deep-frozen.
• The blood is drawn out of the patient body and the collected healthy blood cells from the donor are injected into the patients infected part.
• It sometimes is completed in a day or two for the donor.
• The receiver usually takes two to three weeks time to recover fully. The patient is discharged when the immune system starts to function normally. 
• The blood pressure rate is always kept in check to e sure of no weakness in the donor’s body. The patient has to then stay in medical supervision so as to stay fit and health

Dr.Edward D. Agura MD, director of stem cell transplant unit at Baylor University Medical Center describes the transplantation process as planting of trees. The process he says is tilting the soil/body from all the weeds and pesticides and then planting new seeds/blood cells in the soil/body.

The bone marrow transplant cost is yet not bearable by every family member until funded by the government/organizations. The bone marrow transplantation cost is made easy by an organization that creates a platform to register as a donor. Medical insurance is also given for Bone Marrow Transplantation but it doesn’t cover the pre and post-hospitalization. In India itself, DATRI and MDRI(Marrow Donor registry of India) have approximately more than two thousand volunteers. Thus, the work of finding a matching donor becomes easy. We only need to pay to the donor and the charges of the hospital. The donors generally do it for free and organizations pay the cost of the hospital. In India, the Apollo hospital performed the bone marrow transplantation at a success rate of 1500 patients in a year.  The bone marrow transplantation costs in India three to four lakhs in government hospitals and around six and lakh and above in private hospitals depending on the type of transplantation.

The innovation and advancement of technology have surely made the task of daily life easy. Several Bone Marrow Transplantation takes place and proper care is taken looking at the severe situation. India itself the more than 12 hospitals that specialize in bone marrow transplantation and many websites working towards reducing the cost of transplantation by connecting the donor and receiver quickly saving time and money both.