Background
Osama is a 33 year old male patient from
Libya. He was admitted at _Beijing Puhua International Hospital_ for
stem cell treatment of his Spinal Cord Injury. He had "Disorders of:
activities and sensation of the lower limbs, urination, and defecation
for more than one month post a traffic accident".
More than one month ago, Osama unfortunately
had a car accident, which caused dislocation fracture of L1 and led
him into incomplete paraplegia. He received an operation later to
decompress the injured local pressure in Egypt. However, he suffered
paraplegia after the injury.
Medical condition pre-stem cell treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
(SCI)
Prior to his stem cell
treatment for SCI, Osama was normal with his upper body's movement.
The main problem with him is that he could hardly move his legs. His
sensation of pain and temperature disappeared below the level of T11.
He had no sensation when he was urinating or defecating, and he was
not able to control that.
Stem cell treatment
_Four
injections of neural stem cells, self stem cell activation,
proliferation therapy, rehabilitation therapy_, and TCM
Medical condition post-stem cell
treatment for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
While in hospital, Osama cooperated well with
treatment. After _stem cell therapy_, Osama had great improvements
with his symptoms. After the first time of stem cell injections, he
felt his sensation level was lower than before, which meant that he
had sensation with more area of his body. He had no sensation below
the level of T11 prior to his treatment. But after the stem cell
treatment, he had sensation at his pelvic level when he was in a lying
position. The second time of stem cell therapy, his sensation with his
pelvic region was better than the first time, he felt just as normal
in his pelvic region. And the third time, he was able to move his toes
slightly. This was impossible before treatment. Currently he has some
feeling in his toes. Also, he feels that his legs have more strength
than before. Before the treatment, his legs always looked pale. Now,
vessels can be seen under the skin of his legs. When someone touches
his leg, he can point out which one are touched.
Not only does Osama have improvements with
his sensation and his movements of his toes, but also he gains more
control with his urination and defecation. Before the therapy, he had
no sensation or desire for his urination, and he could not control it.
After the stem cell treatment, he has a sensation when he is
urinating, and he can control 50% of it, which is impossible since he
had the car accident. Also, he now can control 20% of his
defecation.
As the great
improvements that Osama has experienced, he expresses that he will go
on the rehabilitation therapy learnt in hospital, so as to consolidate
the curative effects of stem cell treatment. He hopes that more
improvements will happen in the future.
Follow up
Recently, after the completion of his stem cell treatment for
spinal cord injury (SCI) six months ago, Osama had experienced several
significant improvements that he felt would have a major impact on the
quality of his life.
He
regained power in his hip muscles, which brought him greater stability
while sitting.
He is now
able to raise his knees, stretch his legs, bend his knees by himself,
as well as move his feet back towards him. The sensation level is
lower than before, which make him able to feel his legs. It is easier
for him to continue to build strength in his leg muscles, which enable
him to actually _STAND FOR MORE THAN TEN MINUTES AND MOVE SLOWLY WITH
A WALKER INSTEAD OF BEING CONFINED TO A WHEEL CHAIR_.
Osama is going on his rehabilitation therapy
in Egypt now. We hope that he will get more significant improvements
in the future.
