People who have mild or moderate aplastic anemia
may not need treatment as long as the condition doesn't get worse. Now the treatments
available for aplastic anemia may include blood transfusions and medications for serious
cases, and, in severe cases, bone marrow transplantation is must. Severe aplastic
anemia, in which your blood cell counts are extremely low, is life-threatening
and the patient has to be hospitalized so that the treatment can be started immediately.
Lets have a look at the treatment techniques :
Lets have a look at the treatment techniques :
·
Blood
transfusions- This isn’t a cure but an alternative to raise the
blood cells (red blood cells and platelets) which the bone marrow has failed to
produce.There is no limitation on the no of transfusion that will be required.Some
complications might arise due to continuous use of this technique.
·
Stem
cell transplant- Also called bone marrow transplant which is
possible only if the patient has a matching donor(mostly siblings).This method
is avoided until there is no other option left i.e. in very severe cases only.In
this method ,firstly the bone marrow of the patient is depleted using
radiations then new bone marrow is injected into the bloodstream.This method
has life-threatening complications since the body may reject the new blood
cells.
·
Immunosuppressants-
involve drugs that suppress the activity of immune system called
immunosuppressants for e.g. cyclosporine and anti-thymocyte globulin . By the
use of these drugs immune cells that are damaging the bone marrow are suppressed. Thus the bone
marrow may recover to generate new blood cells. This method is used in patients
for whom transplantation cant be done.
·
Bone
marrow stimulants- Drugs are used which stimulate the bone
marrow to produce new blood cells.
·
Antibiotics,
antivirals –Medicines are used to prevent infections.
Research is still going on to find more appropriate
treatment techniques which less complications than the existing ones.
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