Spinal Cord Injury

Spinal cord injuries cause myelopathy or damage to white matter or myelinated fiber tracts that carry signals to and from the brain. Depending on its classification and severity, this type of traumatic injury could also damage the gray matter in the central part of the cord, causing segmental losses of interneurons and motorneurons.

Research into spinal cord repair has made enormous progress in recent years. Stem cell therapy may potentially help a seriously paralyzed person breathe unaided, regain sensation, improved bladder and bowl control or regain the use of their limbs.

The neurons forming the spinal cord are highly vulnerable to damage if vertebrae of the spinal column are subjected to a shock or impact. Unlike nerve fibers in other parts of our body, they do not have a natural ability to regrow of the are cut or damaged. Spinal cord neurons will not repair themselves, unless aided.

The results suggest that  stem cells are beneficial in reversing the effects of spinal cord injury, even when infused after injury. When stem cells are administered to patient with spinal cord injury, they have been observed injured areas, but not in non-injured areas, of the patients spinal cords. The results are consistent with the hypthesis that stem cells migrate to and participate in the healing of neurological defects caused by traumatic assault.

Example protocol: Stem cells:

 
  20,000,000 stem cells

• 2x Stem Cell injections  via lumbar puncture (5,000,000 each injection)
• 2x Stem Cell injections via IV injection (5,000,000 each injection)

4 x stem cell growth factor specific to condition type

Depending on the level of severity of the condition, a treatment plan will be given. This may well entail follow up treatments as our doctors will give in their view, the program which will potentially give optimum benefit to the patient. The cost of treatment can also vary slightly depending of the amount of cells, additional elements to treatment and/or if hospitalization is required.

Example daily stem cell therapy treatment plan for Spinal Cord Injury:

Treatment plan:

Day 1:

• Medical check up
• Pathology and blood screening
  

Day 2:

• Stem Cells: via IV injection : 5,000,000 stem cells
• Stem Cell growth factor injection

Day 3:

• Stem Cells:via lumbar puncture injection : 5,000,000 stem cells
• Stem Cell growth factor injection

Day 4:

• Clear

For patient who have suffered complete spinal cord injury it is generally harder to treat and the chances of seeing significant improvement from therapy are fairly low. This is not to say there is not a chance at all, but it is lower than incomplete spinal cord injury.

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