Bone Marrow Transplant

Question 1

What does the following mean?

Autologous T
Allogeneric T

Answer 1

Donor where the cells are your own which have been harvested and allowed to grow

Someone else’s stem cells

Question 2

Side effects:

What are the typical side effects, commonly seen in chemo?

There is also graft versus host disease.

Answer 2

N&V
Hair loss
Infertility
Organ toxicity

Question 3

Graft versus host disease:

What is it?

What are some acute GVHD signs? - 2

What does the chronic side effects look like?

Answer 3

Donor immune system attacking recipients

Rash
N&V

A autoimmune disease presentation - such as bone pain etc.