What is bone marrow/stem cell transplantation?
Bone marrow/stem cell transplantation replaces a patient’s bone marrow/stem cells with those from a healthy, matching donor.
A patient’s old, faulty bone marrow is destroyed to make way for the stem cells.
This leaves the patient in a weakened state for some time, with long stays in hospital likely.
However, there are many people who have been successfully treated after having suffered the symptoms of DBA.
A stem cell transplant is only considered after every other treatment avenue has been exhausted.
Siblings have a 1 in 4 chance of being a match.