Time flies, and the end of next week is the New Year, truly saying goodbye to 2021 and running to 2022. In the past year, cord blood has been silently guarding and helping life.
By 2021, there will be nearly 80,000 cases of global application of cord blood, and the number of national cord blood applications has exceeded 16,000. This year, cord blood has made a greater breakthrough in the application of cord blood, bringing more people the opportunity to treat.
Today, let's review the deeds of cord blood in 2021!
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-Save your own cord blood, save your child at a critical moment-
"The mother's key decision 5 years ago saved the baby who suddenly re-disabled."
In May 2021, Qian Qian, who has always been lively and active, was diagnosed with aplastic anemia. For the humble parents, the news was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.
The humble mother, who calmed down, suddenly remembered that when the child was just born 5 years ago, she saved a copy of the umbilical cord blood for the child. She asked the attending doctor if cord blood could be used for the child's treatment, and after receiving a positive answer, she immediately contacted the stored cord blood bank. In the end, the autologous cord blood stored 5 years ago was transfused back into Qianqian's body, and he was in good condition after transplantation.
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"4 years of treatment is fruitless, and umbilical cord blood transfusion brings hope to children with autism."
Ben Ben (pseudonym), 7, is an autistic child from Inner Mongolia. At the age of 3, the parents found that he had difficulties in language communication and that his cognitive abilities were different from those of his age. The family first visited the local area, then traveled thousands of miles to Beijing for diagnosis and treatment, and finally Ben Ben was diagnosed with suspected autism (autism).
Very fortunately, when Ben Ben was born in Weihai, with the idea of making a backup for his life, his parents chose to store a copy of umbilical cord blood for him. Now, this cord blood has become the hope of a family, and the original small choice has also provided a new possibility for a running life.
"Cord blood that was saved 11 years ago is now saving lives."
At the beginning of this year, 11-year-old Xiao Yi suddenly felt unwell, accompanied by bruises and fever. Mr. Liang took Xiaoyi to Beijing Children's Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University (hereinafter referred to as "Capital Children's Research Institute") for examination and learned that there were serious abnormalities in the child's platelets and other indicators. XiaoYi was diagnosed with hepatitis acute severe aplastic anemia.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is an effective means of treating "re-obstruction". During the treatment, Mr. Liang mentioned to the attending doctor that Xiaoyi had stored cord blood at the Beijing Cord Blood Bank. After comprehensive judgment by the attending doctor, it was decided to use XiaoYi's own umbilical cord blood for transplantation.
Xiao Yi recovered and was discharged from the hospital
In the early morning of March 9, the full-time clinical blood delivery staff of the cord blood bank sent Xiao Yi's cord blood to the hospital, and the doctor slowly transfused the cord blood back into Xiao Yi's body. After more than 40 days of postoperative observation, Xiao Yi resumed normal hematopoiesis. XiaoYi's attending doctor said that Xiaoyi's "re-obstruction" was effectively treated through autologous cord blood transplantation.
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-Save your family with cord blood-
"My mother has been pregnant many times, just to save cord blood to save her eldest daughter who suffers from thalassemia."
On the morning of March 26, 2021, in the transplant booth of the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department of the West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University, Yaya (pseudonym), who suffers from thalassemia major, was lying on a hospital bed, and a bag of bright red umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells slowly flowed into her body, and this umbilical cord blood came from her sister Sisi (pseudonym).
It is understood that cord blood hematopoietic stem cells are currently the only way to cure thalassemia. Therefore, in order to save the sick eldest daughter, Yaya's mother became pregnant many times, and only then did she successfully save her sister's umbilical cord blood, bringing Yaya a new hope for life.