Treating COPD with Adipose Derived Stem Cell Therapy
Adipose Derived Stem Cells Treatment for COPD and Respiratory Disease
COPD is an acronym that stands for chronic obstructive lung diseases. COPD are conditions where the linings of the airways are thickened and inflamed. As a result of the inflammations and thickening of the linings of the airways the air become trapped in the lungs hence leading to shortness of breath, wheezing, weakness and severe fatigue. COPD causes coughing, increased production of mucus, and constriction of the chest. COPD is a serious respiratory disease that must be addressed failure to which the problem might escalate and eventually cause death. This disease is mostly caused by cigarette smoking but exposure to dangerous chemical especially in the industrial environment, dust, air pollutants, and chronic asthma can lead to the inflammation of the walls of the lungs and lead to their constriction. people who are suffering from asthma have higher chances of developing COPD since asthma is a chronic lung disease that cause inflammation and narrows the breathing airways leading to COPD. though this COPD is majorly caused by exposure to toxins that leads to inflammation of walls of the lungs, this disease is also hereditary with a major contributor being a rare genetic condition where people have low levels of the protein made in the liver known as alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT). This rare condition may make you more susceptible to lung irritants, causing COPD to progress more aggressively.
Most people may be suffering from COPD without even knowing as it is a progressive disease that takes time to develop but worsens over a time a reason to why people suffering from the disease are often late in realizing they are suffering from it. COPD patients often require supplemental oxygen and daily medications just to be able to breathe. However these medications may not be of much help as they never correct the damage on the lung tissues but only address the symptoms temporarily. Till now there is no conventional treatment that has been found to be effective in treating COPD.
Those suffering from COPD often exhibit two main characteristics namely; Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema. Chronic Bronchitis results in the thickening of the airways inner lining due to mucus formation, which leads to a decrease in lung capacity while emphysema results in destruction of the air sacs in the lungs, which leads to fewer air sacs and ultimately a reduction in gas exchange.
Why stem cell therapy?
Stem cells are very special, powerful cells found in both humans and also in other animals. Stem cells are the precursors of all cells in the human body. What makes stem cells special is that they are regenerative and malleable. They have the ability to replicate themselves and to repair and replace other tissues in the human body. Some tissues, like skin, need constant renewal, which could not take place without skin stem cells. Other stem cells repair damage to the body’s tissues, for example, rebuilding damaged or degenerating muscle tissue. The stem cells have unique abilities that other cells in the body like the nerve cells and muscle cells do not have. Some of the unique abilities of the stem cells are that they are unspecified and can form different types of cells that can be used in healing or replacing the cells that have defects in the body.
In COPD the stem cells can work by causing regeneration of the affected cells of the lung tissues. The stem cells are delivered to diseased tissues or organs, where they will ultimately restore tissue and organ function. The stem cells can be harvested from the adipose tissues where they are available in high amounts and be used on the affected lung linings. When these stem cells are harvested from the adipose tissues of the same patient, it is referred to as autologous stem cell transplant and it is safer than when the cells are harvested from outside the patient’s body. With regeneration the aims of the treatment will be to awaken cells that are not functional or have malfunctions in the lung tissues. Stem cell therapy has been used successfully for other diseases and its applicability is not limited to COPD and with it there is hope for affordable healthcare solutions that heal the body wholly without life threatening side effects.
Treating COPD with Adipose Derived Stem Cell Therapy
It has been observed that adipose-derived stem cells exhibit immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties that doctors hope will help repair the airways and improve the elasticity of the patient’s lungs. When injected into the body, the mesenchymal stem cells first congregate in the lungs for several days, gathering cell signal information from the rest of the body and learning where disease and disability are located. When the lungs themselves are damaged, stem cells remain in the lungs, providing an enhanced opportunity to stimulate the repair of damaged lung tissue.
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Adipose Derived Stem Cells Treatment for COPD and Respiratory Disease
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