Why Bone Marrow Transplant is Required?
Bone marrow transplant is required when bone marrow is damaged or diseased and not functioning properly in certain medical conditions. In this situation, bone marrow is no longer able to produce normal blood cells. It can give rise to some serious health problems such as reduced oxygen supply due to decreased number of red blood cells, decreased immunity and increased risk of developing serious infections due to less number of white blood cells and bleeding disorders because of reduced platelets. There are a number of conditions that affect bone marrow such as: • Bone marrow deficiency disease caused by aggressive cancer treatments for lymphoma or leukemia (radiation therapy, chemotherapy), abnormal red cells production in sickle cell disease or thalassemia and lack of normal blood cell production in aplastic anemia. • Immunodeficiencies (immune system disorders) such as congenital neutropenia and severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome. • Certain forms of cancers such as lymphoma, l
