Stem cells are already a part of human repair system naturally.
After reaching the organism, they start replacing the damaged cells and the
restoration of the brain begins.
Two main strategies underpin the exploration of stem cells as
potential therapies for stroke.
The first is endogenous (inside the body) repair. The point of
endogenous repair is to stimulate stem cells that are already present in the
brain and other parts of the body to heal damaged tissue.
Stem cells, also called progenitor cells are crucial to injury
repair. Stem cells exist in the bone marrow of human beings and animals and are
capable of changing their nature to become part of many different organs and
tissues. In response to injury, these cells move from the bone marrow to the
injured sites, where they differentiate into cells that assist in the healing
process.
The second strategy is exogenous (outside the body)
transplantation where stem cells are harvested, purified and then partially or
completely differentiated into more mature cells to replace those that are
lost, and then transplanted into patients.
Large numbers of active stem cells are needed to implement the
re-growth of nerve tissue. The patient's own stem cells are harvested from
abdominal fat or bone marrow, activated and put back into the body. The cells
migrate to the brain and implement growth.
During stem cell treatment, a patient receives several millions
stem cells. This quantity of the restored plain cells not only covers daily
losses, but also exceeds them by thousands of times. This causes symptoms of a
disease to improve and the whole body and all of the organs become healthier
and rejuvenated, because the new and active cells replace the old and damaged
ones.
Stem cell treatment is safe and
well tolerated in patients with ischemic stroke and may improve outcomes,
research indicates.
The movement, or mobilization, of stem cells can be triggered by
a variety of stimuli -- including pharmaceutical agents and hyperbaric oxygen
treatments. Where as drugs are associated with a host of side effects,
hyperbaric oxygen treatments carry a significantly lower risk of such effects.
"This is the safest way clinically to increase stem cell circulation, far
safer than any of the pharmaceutical options," said Stephen Thom, MD,
Ph.D., Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine and lead author of the study. "This study provides information
on the fundamental mechanisms for hyperbaric oxygen and offers a new
theoretical therapeutic option for mobilizing stem cells."
(Sciencedaily.com)
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy:
One of the greatest and recent medical discoveries belongs to
researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, United States. They have shown
that hyperbaric oxygen increases the production of stem cells in the body by
about 800%. Stem cells have a key role in the healing process, repairing your
body tissues and affected organs.
Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy is the safest and most effective
way to support increased stem cell proliferation
and likely far safer than any pharmaceutical treatment option. While drugs are
associated with a host of known side effects, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy carries with it a significantly
lower risk of such effects.
By hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the increase in stem cells
by 800%, not only supports
the multiplication of stem cell production, but it greatly facilitates future
treatments using stem cell-based therapies.
ONLY MEDICAL HBOT IS PROVEN TO PRODUCE THESE EFFECTS. The study
was conducted in hyperbaric chambers at pressures greater than 1.5ATA (2.0ATA
to be exact) which is at least 32 feet of sea water.
HBOT stimulates the development of
new blood vessels in areas of the body where circulation is compromised and is
utilized by some physicians to help treat Coronary Heart Disease, Macular
Degeneration, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Arthritis and immune
related diseases.
The most important criteria being,
for stroke survivors, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy reactivates the idling neurons,
stimulates growth of new blood vessels, prevents cell death, and improves
neurological function.
Please view the study details below
as published in the American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulation
Physiology to see the details of the treatment.
http://ajpheart.physiology.org/content/290/4/H1378.long
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