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Case reports: Stem Cell Therapy for Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction in Two Young Patients

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5346911/

Autologous Adipose Stem Cell Therapy for Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction in Two Young Patients

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and neurocardiogenic syncope are clinical manifestations of autonomic nervous system dysfunction (dysautonomia) that can lead to impaired daily functions. We report two young patients presenting with dysautonomia and autoimmune disease who both received autologous adipose stem cells (ASCs) infusions. This report is the first description of ASCs therapy for patients with combined dysautonomia and autoimmune disease.

Case 1: A 21-year-old female presented at 12 years of age with escalating severe dysautonomia with weight loss and gastrointestinal symptoms. She had elevated autoantibodies and cytokines and received multiple immune modulation therapies. Her dysautonomia was treated by volume expanders, vasoconstrictors, and beta blockers with mild improvement. She received ASCs about 2 years before this report with dramatic improvement in her dysautonomia and autoimmune symptoms with a 10 kg weight gain.

Case 2: A 7-year-old boy presented at 2 years of age with polyarthritis. At 5 years of age, he manifested orthostatic intolerance. He received immune modulatory therapies with mild improvement. He received ASCs and showed marked improvement of his dysautonomia and immune symptoms. Dysautonomia symptoms of these two patients improved significantly after modulation of autoimmune components by ASC therapy. Favorable clinical responses of these two cases warrant further case–control studies.
 
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I looked for that clinic and couldn't find it... But stem cell therapy now seems to be widespread in the US.

It's a bit under-regulated by the look of it. Lots of promises being made that can't be kept.

This blog, from an actual stem cell laboratory, covers some of the issues in the field pretty well. And the comments on this first piece give a good sense of the effects and side effects of the treatment

https://ipscell.com/2016/04/if-youve-had-a-stem-cell-treatment-how-was-your-experience/
https://ipscell.com/2015/10/stem-cell-treatment-cost/

tl;dr: caveat emptor!

EDIT: Realising that this is such a predatory industry I went back and checked the authors of the original paper to see if they were shills. It would obviously be in the industry's interest to have published case reports of stem cells working for all sorts of illnesses. ("Research proves...") In fact they seem to be real scientists. So that's nice.
 
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Interestingly I just learned of a Russian immunomodulator, either Amixin or Cycloferon, I can't remember, that spurred stem cell production in bone marrow. I have no idea if this would have similar benefits like the above accounts.

Personally, I think there are much better ways, currently available even, to treat this disease.
 
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eljefe19 said:
Interestingly I just learned of a Russian immunomodulator, either Amixin or Cycloferon, I can't remember, that spurred stem cell production in bone marrow. I have no idea if this would have similar benefits like the above accounts.

Personally, I think there are much better ways, currently available even, to treat this disease.
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Over-production of stem cells is usually a sign of malignancy.
 
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I went and had Stem cell infusion both IV and Intratecal and can tell you it had no effect on my symptoms and after 45k spent out of pocket decided it was not worth it. I had the three procedures done in the first six months after the illness started after a vaccine and back surgery. I was there with the young boy mentioned in the first post and he has been getting relief according to the company doing the treatment. There are clinics everywhere doing stem cell procedures in the US but it is not the same thing as the FDA will not allow them to grow and replace thus they use a same day liposuction and reinsert a small quantity. Basically a useless amount of stem cells. What I found out was people were getting procedures done for free or a reduced cost if they would refer other patients so take what you read with skepticism.
 
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David's said:
I went and had Stem cell infusion both IV and Intratecal and can tell you it had no effect on my symptoms and after 45k spent out of pocket decided it was not worth it. I had the three procedures done in the first six months after the illness started after a vaccine and back surgery. I was there with the young boy mentioned in the first post and he has been getting relief according to the company doing the treatment. There are clinics everywhere doing stem cell procedures in the US but it is not the same thing as the FDA will not allow them to grow and replace thus they use a same day liposuction and reinsert a small quantity. Basically a useless amount of stem cells. What I found out was people were getting procedures done for free or a reduced cost if they would refer other patients so take what you read with skepticism.
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The locations outside the US do the more effective treatment?
 
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There is a thread " Interview Caroline Wyatt MS treatment" on here, it talks about her stem cell treatment in Mexico. She was treated with cyclophosphamide, and also later mentions rituximab.
 
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in the beginning, cheney used to be affiliated with a clinic in costa rica I think....and a lot of CFS patients went there.
 
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THe locations outside the US can/will use both types of Stem cells (your own and fetus). In the US these clinics can do a same day procedure using liposuction( your own cells) and then separating the cells using centrifugal machines to harvest the stem cells. Same day procedures may get 20 million Auto Stem cells whereas the other countries may IV in 500million cells. Using your own cells is a safer bet but may not be as beneficial . Stem cells go and try to fix things in the body but when the body does not know what is wrong they cannot fix it. The Caroline Wyatt MS treatment is way different than what is on the original post. She had HSCT which is done for some autoimmune and cancer. What is done is the immune system is wiped clean so she has no immune system for a period of time(Very dangerous) and then slowly the doctors build it back using her own stem cells from her bone marrow. It seems to work for RRMS and some do it for PPMS but not many places. In the US I only know of one hospital that will do it and the FDA has to review the case. That is why people travel to Germany, Mexico, and Russia to get this done. Since it is not proven that CFS/ME is autoimmune no one would do HSCT for our disease . But basic SCT anyone will do it if you have the money .
 
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Cheney took a group of patients to a clinic in Costa Rica( There are a few there as medicine is not closely regulated and so all these places moved there) and as far as the clinic you can google it and find it. They do tons of advertising and put out youtube videos of all thier successes. I read the story that no one saw improvement but I said I was going anyway just because no one was helping me with CFS/ME. I chose a different clinic in Mexico because of the travel .
 
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that is very scary. a lot of people seem to be having off-label procedures in florida....some laws must be lax there or something.

I guess US Stem Cell Clinics LLC is gonna be out of business soon....
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Stem cell therapy can mean all sorts of things and mostly nonsense. Stem cell rescue after lethal irradiation or chemotherapy for cancers is well documented. But the stem cells are the rescue, not the treatment. Beyond that as far as I can see it is mostly cowboy stuff. And sadly a lot of 'real scientists' are cowboys. It is just that their motive is personal promotion rather than commercial gain.

Why should a stem cell treat the particular disease someone has - rather than regrowing a spare pancreas or a second brain or too many lymphocytes? Anyone familiar with Walt Disney's film The Sorcerer's Apprentice might get the gist.
 
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