Stem Cell and Covid-19
STEM CELL THERAPY ON COVID-19 PATIENTS
COVID-19
COVID-19 stand for Corona-Virus-Disease discovered on 2019.
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Coronavirus is actually a kind of virus origin found in animals such as bat, pigs and other mammals. Since this virus has ability to mutate thus it can infected to human too by contacting infected person. Others similar corona virus is SARS and MERS virus.
COVID-19 and Respiratory Tract Disease
Covid-19 mostly will infected respiratory tract and causing pneumonia. Pneumonia is an infection in one or both lungs. Bacteria, viruses, and fungi cause it. The infection causes inflammation in the air sacs in your.
Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.Older people, and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely have a higher risk on getting this virus.
Picture 1: The patient that have pneumonia.
When people are immuno-compromised (weak immune system), their body has a reduced ability to fight off and recover from infections. This could be because they have a certain chronic condition that affects the immune system, or because of certain medications they are taking. For example, some cancer treatments and medications used for autoimmune conditions weaken a person’s immune response, as do medicines that people take after having an organ transplant.
How to prevent from this Virus?
1) The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes and how it spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by washing your hands or using an alcohol based rub frequently and not touching your face.
2) The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that you also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into a flexed elbow).
3) The other best way to prevent this COVID-19 virus to keep spread is by practising social distance. Stay at home and take care of your own hygiene is on of the importance things to prevent from being infected.
4) Next is practice healthy diet by eating immune-boosting-foods such as yogurt, broccoli, vegetables, citrus or supplement that boost self immune. You may want to try our TOTALAC that rich with colostrum (igG) that can boost our immune system naturally.
Any cure for COVID-19?
They reported that Four Covid-19 patients who received stem cell treatment while in a serious condition have been discharged from hospital after recovery, and the clinical trial of the therapy will be further expanded.
How Stem Cell can treat those infected?
Stem cells is known as body raw material. It can build any cells, tissue or organ that have been damage. Stem cells can self-renew or multiply while maintaining the potential to develop into other types of cells. They can become cells of the blood, heart, lungs or other body parts. Stem cells also have a strong secretory function, promoting the formation of new blood vessels, cell proliferation and differentiation and inhibiting inflammatory response, experts say.
Furthermore, stem cell therapy also has been used in the treatment of some infectious diseases and complications. For instance, it has been tried in treating H7N9 avian flu and showed positive results.
Urgent Assessment
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new stem cell drug, CAStem, which has shown promising results in animal experiments. The research team has applied for urgent assessment by the National Medical Products Administration. Approvals by the ethics committee, and clinical observation and evaluation are in progress
A research team from the fifth medical center of the Chinese PLA General Hospital is cooperating with hospitals and institutions in Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, and north China's Tianjin Municipality to conduct clinical research on the safety and effectiveness of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in treating COVID-19 patients.
How actually stem cell can treat patients with Covid-19?
When the patients are in a severe condition, the cause of deterioration and even death is the "inflammatory storm," when the human immune system is over-activated by the infection. It will damage the lungs and impair breathing. Some severe patients may have respiratory failure. Lung inflammation and injury are the focus of the treatment of severe patients.
The damage to lung tissue can be fatal, and stem cell therapy is expected to help repair the damage. Currently, three kinds of stem cells - mesenchymal, lung and embryonic stem cells - are used in treatments. Researchers usually inject stem cell products into the lungs.
Stem cells can improve the immune microenvironment in the lungs and reduce the risk of pulmonary failure caused by inflammation. Stem cells have the potential of self-renewal and differentiation, and can develop into corresponding functional cells and alveoli, and then repair the damaged tissue.
However, the safety and effectiveness of a new drug or therapy need to be verified with sufficient clinical trials first since it in early stage of study.
Conclusion
Every diseases must have a cure. Let's pray this outbreak pandemic will be over soon. Let's support our government to prevent the spreadness of COVID-19. We can do this together!
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