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Purple potatoes can inhibit the growth of cancer stem cells

Purple potatoes can inhibit the growth of cancer stem cells Recently, a group of researchers from Pennsylvania State University reported that compounds found in purple potatoes may help kill colon cancer stem cells and limit the spread of cancer. Baked purple potatoes can inhibit the growth of colon cancer tumors in culture dishes and in mice by targeting cancer stem cells.

In an initial laboratory study, the researchers found that baked potato extracts inhibited the spread of colon cancer stem cells while increasing their mortality. The researchers then tested the effects of whole roasted purple potatoes on colon cancer mice and found similar results. A person's weight is about a medium-sized purple meat potato for lunch and dinner, or a large purple meat potato every day.

According to the researchers, there may be several substances in purple potatoes that act on multiple pathways to help kill colon cancer stem cells, including anthocyanins and chlorogenic acids, as well as resistant starches. Vanamala said: "Our previous work and other studies have shown that potatoes - including purple potatoes - contain resistant starch, which can be used as a food for intestinal bacteria, which can be converted into beneficial short-chain fatty acids, such as Acid Butyric acid regulates the immune function of the intestines, inhibits chronic inflammation, and helps to destroy cancer cells themselves."

Vanamala said that at present, most cancer research funding is targeted at cancer treatment, not prevention. However, the incidence of cancer is expected to increase in the next two decades, so the two-food-based cancer prevention and treatment methods should be equally valued to cope with the growing cancer in the United States and around the world.

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Stem cells treat retinal damage and reconstruct vision

The human retina contains millions of photoreceptors that transmit the collected light signals to the brain. When these light-collecting cells die, they also take away the vision. Medical researchers hope to help blind people restore their vision, and they focus on stem cells. The latest clinical results show that stem cells can indeed replace photoreceptors damaged by macular degeneration, helping patients rebuild their vision.

Retinal macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness, and a core problem of retinal macular degeneration is the degeneration of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE). These cells are in the meridian close to the choroid (Choroid) and the visual nerve cells, responsible for the function of the blood to the photoreceptor cells. If this layer of cells is damaged or degraded, the photoreceptor cells are not nutritious and gradually degraded and impaired, so the vision is reduced.

Because of the damage of photoreceptors caused by macular degeneration, there is almost no treatment. Even if there are some treatments in Europe and America, patients need to face a lot of expensive treatment costs. If you want to fundamentally treat the disease and restore your vision, the most direct and effective way is to repair the photoreceptor cells.

Thomas Reh, who specializes in retinal development at the University of Washington in the United States, believes that to repair photoreceptor cells, transplanting stem cells will be a reliable method. Rey's labs transform the stem cells into retinal stem cells, which eventually form photoreceptor cells. Ultimately reconstruct people's vision.

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Lack of stem cells may be the key to recurrent miscarriage

A new study suggests that the lack of stem cells in the uterine wall may lead to recurrent miscarriage.

"We have found that there are certain defects in the uterine wall of patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion," said Jan Brosens, leader of the research team, who is a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Warwick University.

“It is conceivable that we can achieve the desire to become pregnant by correcting these defects in patients. In fact, this may be the only way to prevent miscarriage in this situation,” Brosens said at a university press conference.

15% to 25% of pregnancies will end in miscarriage. Repeated abortion occurs in 1 of 100 mothers. Among them, the researchers point out that recurrent abortion means that three or more consecutive pregnancy ends in abortion.

At the same time, scientists say stem cells have the potential to differentiate into many different types of cells.

In the study, the team analyzed endometrial samples from 183 women. They found that women who experienced repeated abortions had a lack of stem cell tissue.

The researchers point out that the uterine wall has a self-renewal function every time it passes through the menstrual cycle, abortion or the baby's birth. A shortage of stem cells may accelerate the aging of the endometrium and increase the risk of miscarriage.

"We speculate that cultivating stem cells from women who have undergone repeated abortions can improve the state of the cells in the uterine wall to some extent, freeing them from the risk of recurrent miscarriage," Brosens said.

The research-related article was published in the March 7 issue of Stem Cells.

“Currently, the real challenge is to develop a program to increase endometrial stem cell function,” said Siobhan Quenby, a collaborator at the press conference, who is a professor of obstetrics.

“Starting in the spring of 2016, we will begin piloting new interventions to improve the endometrium,” she said.

Quenby said that researchers will start from two aspects. First, they will develop a new endometrial testing program to improve the risk of recurrent abortion in women. Second, finding effective drugs and other interventions, such as “smearing” a drug on the inner wall of the uterus, or increasing the success rate of embryo implantation by some means, may increase the number of endometrial stem cells. Quantity," Quenby said.

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Really can stay in youth forever? The "young factor" in stem cells was found, and the main business of an A-share subsidiary was completely "right".

According to the Science and Technology Daily, Chinese scientists have first identified the presence of a “young factor”, multi-comb protein 4 (CBX4), in human mesenchymal stem cells, and verified its function. The relevant research results were published on the 26th. In the Cell Report. This may provide new ideas for the treatment of aging-related diseases.

According to reports, mesenchymal stem cells are one kind of stem cells, which are found in tissues such as bone marrow and epithelium. The research team's research shows that compared with young human mesenchymal stem cells, the expression of CBX4 in senescent cells is significantly reduced, suggesting that it plays a key role in the regulation of cell senescence.

In fact, China has intensified its support for stem cell research in recent years, and has also led to an endless stream of innovations. So far, there have been 4 batches of 35 stem cell clinical research projects in China that have been filed by the National Health and Health Commission and the Food and Drug Administration, including 7 clinical studies on stem cells such as Parkinson's disease, dry age-related macular degeneration, and meniscus injury. It is the most systematic clinical research carried out based on human embryonic stem cell differentiated cells in the world. Some projects have achieved certain stage results. The industry will also vigorously and continuously promote stem cell related projects in the Chinese Academy of Sciences to usher in a period of rapid development.

Related companies, according to the selected stock theme library (xuangubao.cn) precision medical sector shows:

Xiangxue Pharmaceutical: In August 2018, the company established a joint venture, Southern Precision Medicine Co., Ltd., focusing on precision medicine and systemic immunotherapy, conducting clinical research and application of gene diagnosis and specific cell therapy, and striving to create a hospital-based diagnosis of MDT disease. Therapeutic platform, systemic immunodiagnosis and treatment platform, stem cell research and treatment platform, health intervention and management platform.

Guanxi Biological: Together with Professor Deng Hongkui of Peking University, he established the Beibei Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Institute. Professor Deng Hongkui and the National Science and Technology Progress First Prize winner and Professor Chen Hu, Director of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Department of the People's Liberation Army 307 Hospital, successfully used gene editing technology. Modify the hematopoietic stem cell CCR5 gene to achieve anti-HIV virus effect in vivo.

International Medicine: Hans United, a 31%-owned subsidiary of the company, is a pioneer in the stem cell industry. Its main business covers placental stem cell collection and storage services, stem cell cosmetic anti-aging and stem cell drug development. It has established the world's first At the same time, the "stem cell bank" of the four placental tissue-derived stem cells is preserved.

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Stem Cell Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction

Stem Cell Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction

Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction or ED is also called treatment for impotence. ED is generally defined as repeated inability to have or keep an erection for sexual intercourse. The actual term impotence can also be sometimes used to describe other physical issues that can interfere with regular sexual intercourse or reproduction. Erectile dysfunction is a very specific diagnosis that makes it clear that other problems such as premature ejaculation and emotional barriers are not involved. Often time our clients report damage to blood arteries, muscles, nerves or tissues in the reproduction area which usually lead to diagnosis of penile dysfunction. Stem Cells to treat ED can help solve the issues naturally and at its root via non-surgical stem cell regeneration therapy.

Nearly 80% of all ED (Erectile Dysfunction) diagnosis can be attributed to the following medical conditions:

·         Diabetes

·         Neurological Diseases

·         Chronic Alcoholism or Drug Abuse

·         Kidney Disease

·         Heart Disease or Vascular Disease

·         Atherosclerosis

·         Multiple Sclerosis

How Stem Cells Can Treat Penile Dysfunction

Almost 62% of all men with Type 1 or 2 Diabetes experience some form of erectile dysfunction frequently. ED is usually a side-effect of a more serious health problem that can have a large impact on the happiness and overall quality of life for men and their sexual partners. Fortunately, thanks to modern medicine, there is finally hope for treatment using Stem Cells to treat Erectile Dysfunction. Please note that our doctors will look the treat the cause of your ED so any underlying medical conditions such as Diabetes would have to be treated first/alongside your treatment protocol for ED.

Pharma based treatments for ED are unsafe for long term use. Research has shown that popular oral PDE5 phosphodiesterase inhibitors are not effective over the long term and may cause serious side-effects or even sudden death (heart attacks). The failure of Pharmaceutical based PDE5 inhibitors is especially common for patients with diabetes who also have a sparing radical prostatectomy (non-nerve).

 Today the treatment options for ED are mostly limited to hormone replacement therapy or other stimulant-based fixes that come loaded with negative side effects such as strokes,hypertension and heart diseases. These ED medications are also just a temporary fix and need to be taken throughout your entire life. The financial and physical costs associated with frequent hormone replacements or repeat use drugs such as Cialis or Viagra are a dangerous game of russian roulette. Researchers at the prestigious Cedars-Sinai Medical Center recently reported a high number of fatalities and negative cardiovascular events associated with the use of the drug Viagra.  The College of Cardiologists also reported a total of 1,473 major adverse cardiac events last year in which almost 560 people died after taking ED medicine such as Cialis or Viagra (most from sudden heart attacks).

Your tolerance for these ED medicines will increase overtime requiring much higher doses to try to produce the same effects you had when you first took them. 

Stem cell therapy is an innovative therapeutic approach for erectile dysfunction. Stem cells have the innate ability to restore and renew damaged cells. Adipose derived Mesenchymal stem cells are particularly adept at restoring blood vessels and veins to a functioning state and can therefore be very useful in treating patients with Erectile Dysfunction. Studies have shown that the use of stem cell therapy for ED has proven to be the new and effective choice in ED treatment, helping men everywhere to reach their sexual confidence once again.

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Stem cell anti-aging

Why do we ageand how we can stop it

Aging is a complex process in which stem cells and fibroblasts are progressively damaged by stress, nutrition, and lifestyle, until they finally die. 

Eventually, your body loses its ability to heal properly and some chronic problems may occur, especially with the kidney, liver, and digestive tract. 

 These problems can affect not only your energy, vitality, sex drive, and sleep quality, but also the apparent health of the skin on your face, neck, chest, and hands. Declining functionality of the fibroblasts can also lead to poor collagen level, wrinkles, and saggy dry skin. 

 - By the age of 35, your cell production rate drops by 45 percent.

- At 50, your cell production rate is cut in half.

- By the time you've reached 65, cell production rate is down by a whopping 90 percent.

 How to treat the core causes of aging

One of the most common ways to get rid of visibly aging skin is plastic surgery. However, the results of plastic surgery are temporary and superficial. It doesn't allow patients to feel younger, prevent chronic diseases, or restore health.

 External beauty is directly connected to internal health

 Treating internal health is essential for long-term and effective external results. However, receiving a high enough dose of stem cells and fibroblasts treats the core causes of aging. It rejuvenates the skin and revitalizes vital organs. With enough key systems affected, the body's clock is effectively turned back, allowing it to run more efficiently. This reduces or even eliminates the symptoms of aging.

 During stem cell treatment, a patient receives 200 to 300 million stem cells per infusion. This not only restores the cells lost in a day but replenishes 15 to 20 years of lost stem cells. After such an intense level of revitalization, organs are rejuvenated and renewed. New cells replace old and damaged ones, which improves disease symptoms

  What results could I expect?

 Look 10 to 15 years younger

Before treatment

1.   Wrinkles

2.   Age spots

3.   Saggy skin

4.   Dry skin

5.   Droopy eyelids

6.   Hair loss

 After treatment

1.   Reduction fine lines and wrinkles

2.   Reduction of Age Spots

3.   Lifted skin

4.   Even and healthy skin tone

5.   Lifted the droopy eyelids

6.   Prevention from hair loss

Feel 15 to 20 years younger

Before treatment

1.   Chronic Fatigue

2.   Sexual dysfunctions

3.   Memory, reaction and focus problems

4.   Insomnia, sleep disorders

5.   Poor eyesight

6.   Weight gain

7.   Chronic pain (arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis, back pain)

 After treatment

1.   Increased energy

2.   Increased sexual drive

3.   Sharpened memory, better focus, and improved reactions

4.   Improved sleep quality

5.   Better eyesight

6.   Weight loss

7.   Relief from chronic pain

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Hangzhou stem cells donator becomes online celebrity

 Hangzhou resident Xu Aifei, 28, became an internet celebrity after donating stem cells and writing about her experience online, while also giving other donators peace of mind.

                                       Xu donated stem cells on September 12, 2017, and recorded her experience on her Weibo microblogging account on Saturday. The post has garnered over 120,000 likes and nearly 40,000 reposts.

 "Stem cell donation is a once in a lifetime experience that few people have," she said.

 Xu has been donating blood since she was in senior high school, having donated a total of 3,200 ml.

 In 2009, while donating blood, she read a leaflet on stem cell donation and learned that it is not as painful as she had thought, so she decided to do it.

 Later that year, she joined the Chinese Marrow Donor Program. On May 7, 2017, she received a call and was told that her stem cells matched a patient.

 Without hesitation, Xu agreed to donate her stem cells to save a 15-year-old boy with leukemia.

 Xu wrote on her Weibo account that over the course of four days, she received eight injections in her arm, joking that it looked like a hornet's nest. However, she also wrote that from the perspective of patients, this is a normal situation.

 Her stem cells were collected both in the morning and the evening for four days. When asked how her body reacted, Xu said that she felt pain in her waist, similar to the pain during her monthly period, but that it was far from insufferable.

 Her experience won her the online nickname 'the most beautiful donator', which she said she didn't expect. Xu said she recorded the experience as something to look back on and to tell other prospective donators that the process is not that bad.

   There are only about 2.3 million donators in the Chinese Marrow Donor Program, far less than what is required. The match rate is also low, with only around 6,000 successful matches nationwide up till now. Many patients die while waiting for a match.

Some donators regret making the decision and refuse to continue with the process due to the fear of pain, which causes sadness for the patient's family. In fact, the pain is not as much as people expect to endure.

 Xu hopes that her experience can help promote stem cells donation in China and would like to be an ambassador for the cause.

 Source: chinaplus.cri.cn 

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The Stem Cell Revolution

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Overview of Hypertension

Overview of Hypertension

What is hypertension?

Hypertension is the most common chronic disease characterized by raise in arterial blood pressure. The normal resting blood pressure range is systolic pressure of 90–140mmHg (maximum reading) and diastolic pressure of 60–90mmHg (lowest reading). When the blood pressure remains to be or greater than 140/90mmHg, it is hypertension. A rise in blood pressure promotes a increase in burden of heart in driving blood to circulate in vessels.

Hypertension can be divided into two kinds

Hypertension can be divided into two kinds in clinic:

   1. Primary hypertension

It is an independent disease with rise in blood pressure as main clinical manifestation and unclear causes.

   2. Secondary hypertension

It is also called as symptomatic hypertension with clear causes. High blood pressure is only one of clinical manifestations of this disease. The blood pressure may have a temporary or permanent rise.

Causes of hypertension

The exact cause of primary hypertension is still not clear but there are some factors and conditions playing a certain role in its development, including:

1. Having the history of hypertension, heart disease or diabetes mellitus;

2. After reaching the age of 55 years old, the incidence will increase with advancing age;

3. Overweight;

4. Alcoholism and smoking;

5. Frequently eating foods high in salt;

6. Taking some drugs and illegal drugs for a long time.

Causes of secondary hypertension include:

1. Chronic renal disease;

2. Adrenal gland diseases;

3. Hyperthyroidism;

4. Pregnancy or preeclampsia;

5. Drugs, such as contraceptive drugs, diet pills, some medicine for cold and drugs used for migraine;

6. Narrowed artery.

Find causes of hypertension through going hospital to receive examinations and formulate treatment scheme according to symptoms and causes.

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Diagnosis of Hypertension

Diagnosis of Hypertension

Hypertension can be diagnosed by examinations of blood pressure.

 Confirm if there exists hypertension:

Test blood pressure with hemodynamometer for several days continuously and if there are more than twice rise in blood pressure, hypertension can be diagnosed.

Blood pressure value:

If patients’ systolic pressure and diastolic pressure belong to different level, subject to the higher grading standard.

The isolated systolic hypertension can be divided into level 1, 2 and 3 according to the systolic pressure level.

Grading standard of cardiovascular risk of patients with hypertension:

Once find the chance to suffer hypertension, don’t be hesitate and seek doctors immediately.

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Symptoms of Hypertension

Symptoms of Hypertension

After suffering hypertension, there is no obvious symptom in early period and symptoms vary from people to people.

In early period, there may be no symptom or symptoms are not obvious. Patients only have a rise in blood pressure after fatigue, mental stress and mood fluctuation and the blood pressure will return to normal state after rest. As disease prolongs, the blood pressure will have a obvious and continuous rise and various symptoms will appear gradually. Then, this condition is called as chronic hypertension.

Common clinical symptoms of chronic hypertension are headache, dizziness, attention deficit, memory loss, numbness of limbs, increased nocturia, palpitation, chest tightness, malaise and others.

When the blood pressure reaches to a certain degree, patients will show symptoms of severe headache, vomiting, palpitation and dizziness, and even have unconsciousness and convulsion. This condition belongs to acute hypertension and hypertensive crisis. In this condition, severe damages and lesions of heart, brain, kidney and other organs always occur within short period, such as stroke, heart attack and renal failure.

Hypertension is a too dangerous disease and shall be treated as soon as possible.

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Treatment of Hypertension

Treatment of Hypertension

Traditional treatment of hypertension

The ultimate goal of treatment of hypertension is to reduce the incidence and death rate of cardiovascular disease of patients with hypertension. On the other hand, hypertension is often coexistent with risk factors of other cardiovascular diseases, such as hypercholesterolemia, obesity and diabetes mellitus, thus jointly aggravating the risk of cardiovascular diseases so the treatment measures shall be comprehensive.

1. Improve living behaviors

① Loss weight.

② Reduce intake of sodium salt.

③ Reduce intake of fat.

④ Increase exercises.

⑤ Quit smoking and limit drinking.

2.  Antihypertensive drug therapy

① Diuretic drugs

② Beta blockers.

③Calcium channel blockers

④ Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor

⑤ Angiotensin II receptor blockers.

Treatment shall be started with small dosage and then increase dosage gradually.

Changes of daily behavior and drugs therapy can only control blood pressure, and due to that drug therapy can induce other complications, Stem Cell Hospital believes that applying stem cell therapy is a more effective method for treating hypertension.

Principles of stem cells treating hypertension

For taking advantage of the potentiality of stem cells to regenerate various tissues and organs, inject stem cells through artery intervention and make use of stem cells to differentiate nerve cells with complete functions to replace necrosis and damaged nerve cells so as to achieve the object of treating hypertension.

 Types of hypertension treated by stem cells

Stem cells have obvious therapeutic effects in treating primary hypertension and secondary hypertension.

What are the advantages of stem cell in treating hypertension?

1. Short treatment course: It only needs three months for one course in using stem cells to treat hypertension

A course includes three times of stem cell transplantation operations and the interval time between twice stem cell transplantation operation is 8-25 days. Compared with long time treatment method such as drug therapy and dietary therapy, stem cell therapy has short treatment course.  

2. Significant effect: 70% of all patients with hypertension are improved obviously after stem cell therapy

According to clinical statistic data, the blood pressure of 70% patients with hypertension has a obvious decline after stem cell transplantation operation.

3. Safe and reliable: Stem cells have no side effects in treating hypertension

Stem cells have no side effect and low immunity, and rarely have immunological rejection. The operation adopts minimally invasive technique rather than a surgery. It causes no pains and has quick effect.

4. Stem cells have rich source and wide therapeutic scope

Adult stem cells are commonly found in multiple organs of human body and the main sources include bone marrow stem cell, peripheral blood stem cells and umbilical cord blood stem cells.

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Stem Cells treat paraplegia

Stem Cells treat paraplegia

In December 2010, Japanese scientists announce one important experimental result to the outside: stem cell therapy make one monkey with paraplegia restore health. This is the first time that stem cells are applied to primates and achieve breakthrough development. Currently, stem cells are widely used in clinic and stem cell transplantation has already been hope of recovery of patients with paraplegia.

What types of paraplegia can be treated by stem cells?

Paraplegia refers to one disease during which the feeling, movement, reflection of limbs below the wounded panel disappear and functions of bladder and sphincter loss after spinal cord injury. Stem cells can treat all kinds of paraplegia, such as:

Traumatic paraplegia

Internal injury paraplegia

Complete paraplegia

Incomplete paraplegia

Spastic paraplegia

High level paraplegia

How can stem cells help patients with paraplegia?

The greatest pain of patients with paraplegia is that patients basically loss their self-care ability and they have bedsore, muscle atrophy, limbs paralysis, urinary and fecal incontinence, sensory disorder and others due to lying in bed for a long time. However, the basic reasons for these disorders is that the spinal nerves of patents with paralysis are damaged. Restoring patients’ nerve tissues, rebuilding nervous network and instructing patients’ brain to restore sensing and movement ability are primary treatment and also are expectations of patients. Stem cell therapy brings the most definite answer for rebuilding nervous tissues.

The secret of stem cells in treating paraplegia lies in:

   I. Repair and regeneration. Through induction, stem cells will directly regenerate large amount of neurons and colloid cells, promote regeneration of damaged neurons and then repair affected spinal injuries. On the other hand, stem cells after induction can build connection with other neurons to rebuild neural circuit so as to achieve functional repair of spinal injuries.

  II. Accurate targeting. Through lumbar puncture, stem cells can reach into the spinal cord of patients with paraplegia and regenerate into special nerve cells under microenvironment to repair damaged spinal cord.

Difference between stem cell therapy and traditional treatment in treating paraplegia:

Traditional treatments of paraplegia aims to improve patients’ living quality on the basis of paraplegia and mainly are preventing complications, training patients’ various body position, balance coordination ability and joint movement, and acupuncture therapy.

However, traditional treatment can’t make patients with paralysis of lower limbs stand up. Stem cell therapy brings hope for them.  

The goal of stem cell therapy is restoring consciousness of patients with paraplegia and making patients stand up. Through its homing reaction, stem cells directly move to damaged spinal cord to regenerate neuron cells, rebuild neural circuit and repair damaged spinal cords, thus bringing hope of stand up to patients.

Stem cells make patients with paraplegia stand up, which is not a dream!

According to statistics of Stem Cell Hospital, among paraplegia cases receiving stem cell transplantation operation within five years, 90% of all patients achieve obvious therapeutic effects.

60% of all patients with paraplegia can stand up and walk with the help of sticker after receiving stem cell therapy;

87% of all patients with paraplegia restore part of consciousness in the paraplegia part after receiving stem cell therapy;

90% of all patients with paraplegia avoid bedsore and are improved in muscle atrophy;

95% of all patients with paraplegia have obvious improvement in sleeping quality, mental state and other aspects.

The whole process of stem cell therapy:

After admission, professional medical personnel will provide a series of treatment service for all patients:

1. Competent doctor initially understands patients’ physical condition and past medical history

2. Conduct systemic physical examinations to examine various indexes.

3. Expert team holds a consultation and formulate sound treatment scheme according to patients’ condition.

4. Apply stem cell transplantation operation

5. Postoperative rehabilitation, dietary rehabilitation and rehabilitation exercises.

6. The expert team evaluates various indexes for treatment effects.

7. Finishing treatment, return to home and the competent doctor inform the review time.

Warm prompt: The specific time required for one time treatment shall be in accordance with patients’ actual condition. For your health, we recommend you to make an appointment with our doctors for further understanding.

At your service:

In order to allow you to enjoy better service, during your admission, Stem Cell not only formulates individual treatment scheme for you, but also will formulate detail scheme from diet, exercise and health education so as to maximize the treatment effect.

1. Nursing staff will help patients to turn over, discharge secretions and cough by pressing abdomen for each half a hour.

2. Based on local dietary habit, formulate regular and healthy dietary plan for patients with paraplegia.

3. Health Club regularly holds communication meeting of patients with paraplegia

4. Three times of doctor’s visit at 9:00, 16:00, 21:00 everyday.

5. Specialists in Chinese medicine will formulate corresponding rehabilitation plan according to your disease.

6. Every Wednesday, experts in paraplegia, experts of stem cells and other expert teams make grand rounds.

7. 24 hours translators assist to explain your disease and treatment development and transfer your requirements

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Overview of Paraplegia

Overview of Paraplegia

Paraplegia refers to syndrome caused by transverse lesions of spinal cord with the loss of movement function of the lower part of the body as main clinical manifestations. (spinal cord is one part of central nerve and is divided into cervical segment, thoracic segment, lumbar segment, lumbarsacral segment and tail segment from top to bottom ).

In medicine, paraplegia caused by transverse lesions of spinal cord above the second thoracic vertebra is called as high level paraplegia while the paraplegia caused by transverse lesions of spinal cord below the third thoracic vertebra is called as paraplegia of lower part.

Paraplegia refers to a disease in which after the thoracolumbar spinal cord is damaged, the sense, movement, reflex and others of the extremities below the wounded level loss and the the functions of bladder and anal hincter lost. Cervical spinal trauma always leads to quadriplegia. Among which, if the above mentioned functions completely lost, this condition is called as complete paraplegia. If there still exist partial functions, the condition is incomplete paraplegia. In early period, the symptom is flaccid paralysis but it will develop into spastic paralysis gradually about 3-4 weeks later. The causes of paraplegia are related to trauma of spinal cord.

Paraplegia is mainly divided into traumatic paraplegia and non-traumatic paraplegia

   1. Traumatic paraplegia refers to the paralysis of extremities below the spinal cord injury parts caused by external force, which is mostly caused by direct or indirect violence. The injury parts easily appear in the frequent activation segment of spinal column or the physiological radian conversion parts and its degree is proportional to the violence.

Direct external force: Blade, bullet and shell fragments cause injuries to spinal cord.

Indirect external force: Traffic accidents, falling from height, diving accidents and others. Indirectly external force is the main causes for spinal cord injury and paraplegia.

2. Non-traumatic paraplegia is mainly caused by tumor, infection and others, and some are caused by congenital oculoauruculovertebral dysplasia.

① Vertebral hemangiomas causes paraplegia, which is common in elder women and often occurs in single or multiple vertebral body of thoracolumbar segment.

② Giant cell tumor of vertebral causes paraplegia, which is common in the young and middle-aged.

③ Metastases of cervical cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, thyroid cancer and other cancers lead to paraplegia under which the disease course of patients with paraplegia is slow and the symptoms will appear gradually.

④ If paraplegia is caused by tuberculosis, lesions often appear in thoracic vertebrae or  cervical vertebra. The disease course of patients with this type is slow and is mainly characterized by spastic paralysis. Patients have symptoms of weakness and stiffness of extremities or lower extremities.

⑤ Spinal degenerative disease and metabolism disease also can result in paraplegia of patients.

⑥ Scoliosis, spinal bifida, spondylolisthesis and other causes lead to paraplegia. The reason for scoliosis resulting in paraplegia is that scoliosis is easily to lead to spinal cord injuries.

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Diagnosis and Examination of Paraplegia

Diagnosis and Examination of Paraplegia

Diagnosis of paraplegia

Paraplegia is a disease, which is of great harm to patients. Then, under which condition that patients will be diagnosed with paraplegia?

1. Serious trauma history

2. According to patients’ symptoms, if patients have symptoms including weakness in walking, uncoordinated movement or unable to walk.

3. Spinal process depression of patients’ vertebral canal and there exists pain by pressing with hands or knocking. And the muscles of two sides have obvious pressing pain, stress or stiffness.  There exist scoliosis or spine malformation, hypoesthesia or anesthesia. Other symptoms include malacosarcosis or mascular tension, muscle weakness and hyperreflexia.

4. The disease can be diagnosed according to the medical history, symptoms, physical sign and x-ray result of patients. Traumatic paraplegia shall be identified from the paraplegia caused by tuberculosis of vertebral bodies and tumor. And this can be identified through X-ray film and other examinations.

Examinations for paraplegia

For further diagnosis of paraplegia, some examinations are required. Necessary and selective laboratory examinations include:

1. Blood routine examination

2. Blood electrolytes

3. Blood sugar

4. Urea nitrogen

Selective auxiliary examinations include:

1. Radiography, CT, MRI and other examinations about cranial base.

2. Cerebrospinal fluid examination.

3. Chest X-rays, electrocardiogram and ultrasonic wave.

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Symptoms and Harms of Paraplegia

Symptoms and Harms of Paraplegia

Paraplegia is a disease with high disability, which brings a lot of pains to patients. In clinic, patients mainly have the following symptoms:

1. Pain: Patients will feel pain from the upper abdomen to feet all the time, as if being pricked by thousands of needles, sometime just as if a knife is being twisted sometimes and sometimes like being burned by fire. Moreover, patients may feel rigid pains in the whole lower part of the body just like being perfused with cements.

2. Spasm: Spasm will appear in the part from waist to feet and is sensitive to sounds. Sudden sounds may aggravate the pain and spasm.

3. From waist to feet, patients never sweat and have no fever, slow enterokinesis, constipation and others.

4. Incontinence: For patients with paraplegia, the control message for urination of brain can’t be sent so patients themselves don’t feel urine but may urinate at any time and place. Urethral catheter is required for urination and evacuant is required for evacuating bowels.

5. Loss of skin sensation: Patients can’t feel the touch pressure and pain on the skin surface or temperature.

6. Limb paralysis: The greatest pain of patients with paraplegia is limb paralysis because it is very inconvenient for them in life and action.

7. Muscle atrophy: Due to lying in bed for a long time, patients with paraplegia have few muscle activity, and the nutrition and oxygen supply for muscle will reduce obviously. Over time, patients will suffer from muscle atrophy and dry skin, desquamation and other symptoms due to  nutrient deficiency.

In addition to above symptoms, paraplegia also can result in some serious and difficult to handle complications. In daily life, attentions shall be paid to avoiding these complications.

1. Bedsore: It is also called as pressure sore. The main causes of bedsore are long-term lying in bed, local pressure, sense and movement disorder, unconsciousness and poor blood circulation. Especially the scald caused when washing feet and hands or heating, under poor sanitation condition, once bedsore occurred, it is most likely to cause infection. Bedsore mainly occurs in: buttock, sacrococcygeal region, hip, heels and other parts with more area exposure to the bed as well as parts with poor muscle elasticity.

2. Urinary tract infection and bladder infection

Patients with paraplegia have urinary incontinence, leading to local poor sanitation condition, which is easy to cause infection.

3. Pneumonia

Due to long-term lying in bed, poor drainage of pulmonary secretions and no strength to cough due to respiratory muscle paralysis, patients are easily to suffer from pneumonia.

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Stem cells treat liver cirrhosis

Stem cells treat liver cirrhosis

 In addition to routine treatment methods, stem cell therapy is the most forefront and advanced treatment methods, which is only one new technology that can be comparable with liver transplantation in treating cirrhosis internationally. Currently, this technology is widely applied in foreign countries and thousands of patients with liver cirrhosis have been successfully treated. It is significant in effect, with no pain and is low in costs.

   Stem cells can treat many kinds of liver damages

 ·         Chronic hepatitis

 ·         Alcoholic cirrhosis

 ·         Viral cirrhosis

 ·         Biliary cirrhosis

 ·         Fatty cirrhosis

 ·         Schistosomiasis hepatic cirrhosis

 ·         Liver cirrhosis caused by metabolic disorders

 ·         Toxic or drug cirrhosis

 ·         Liver cirrhosis caused by nutrition disorder

 ·         Other kinds of cirrhosis

As long as there exist liver cells damages, stem cells can play its role of repair, regenerate new liver cells and then treat complications of liver cirrhosis.

   Magical stem cells treat liver cirrhosis: Repair and regeneration

 Inject stem cells through artery intervention operation with small wound. As stem cells have homing effect and artery intervention has targeting feature, stem cells can concentrate in liver parts to furthest stimulate the human body to repair damaged liver cells, regenerate new liver tissues, and make the disease go into reserve so as to fundamentally treat liver cirrhosis.

  Significant effect of stem cells in treating liver cirrhosis

 Currently, there are hundreds of patients with liver cirrhosis having received stem cell artery intervention therapy and the effect is more significant than the effect of routine treatment. Stem cell artery intervention therapy has been widely called as the “third ultimate way” for treating severe hepatitis and liver cirrhosis in addition to liver transplantation.

 ·         Significant effect: 84.3% of all patients with liver cirrhosis are improved obviously after stem cell therapy: spider angioma, ascites and other symptoms of liver cirrhosis disappear, and urea nitrogen, creatinine levels and blood ammonia reduce. Stem cells can repair damaged liver fundamentally, restore liver functions of patients and then improve patients’ living comfort degree.

Stem cells have significant effect in treating liver cirrhosis. Refer to patients case

 ·         Safe and reliable: Stem cells adopted by Stem Cell Hospital are umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, which are transported to liver parts through laboratory induction technology and other technologies and artery intervention operation with small wound and no rejection reaction. This method has no side or toxic effects and patients recover quickly after operation without need to take medicines.

   Process of stem cells treating liver cirrhosis

 After admission, professional medical personnel will provide a series of treatment service for all patients:

 ·         Competent doctor initially understands patients’ physical condition and past medical history

·         Conduct systemic physical examinations to examine various indexes.

·         Expert team holds a consultation and formulate sound treatment scheme according to patients’ condition.

·         Apply stem cell transplantation operation

·         Postoperative rehabilitation, dietary rehabilitation and rehabilitation exercises.

·         The expert team evaluates various indexes for treatment effects.

·         Finishing treatment, return to home and the competent doctor inform the review time.

 Warm prompt: The specific time required for one time treatment shall be in accordance with patients’ actual condition. For your health, we recommend you to make an appointment with our doctors for further understanding.

  Service we provided for patients with liver cirrhosis

 Stem Cell Hospital provide for patients with liver cirrhosis professional and experienced doctors and nursing team, strict disease monitoring and regular dietary plan of liver disease to guarantee the most significant treatment effects for patients.

 Services provided for you:

1. Expert team composed by experts inside and outside of the hospital conducts consultation and expert team includes experts in stem cell, experts in liver department of internal medicine, experts experts in rehabilitation of Chinese medicine and nutritionists of liver disease.

 2. Doctors and nurses are on duty for 24 hours to monitor changes of disease.

 3. Make rounds for three times at 9:00,16:00, 21:00 everyday

 4. Individual instructions on use of medication of patients

 5. Formulate regular and healthy dietary scheme for liver diseases

 6. Rehabilitation conditioning of Chinese medicine

 7. The Health Club of patients regularly organize communication meeting of liver disease

 8. 24 hours translators assist to explain your disease and treatment development and transfer your requirements