" You know before stem cells, every two to three months he has to see like nine different doctors. So since the first round of stem cells, he came back for a follow up visit. And so they don’t want to see him anymore, and that’s a big thing. "
Lachlan has been diagnosed with autism. He goes to a special school in Australia for children with behavioral disabilities. Last year Lachlan received adult stem cells to treat symptoms associated with autism. For a month Lachlan and his mother lived at the Chengyang People's Hospital where he received treatment.
The treatments are not meant to be a cure for autism. Medical science has yet to fully understand the causes of the disorder let alone discover drugs to correct it. Today, treatments seek to improve patients' quality of life as they endure their disability.
Read his full Patient Experience from Qingdao here. Can't see the video? Click here.
After a motorcycling accident, Brandon's spine was injured in the C4-6 range. From Riverside, California, he traveled to Shijiazhuang, China to receive IV and lumbar injections of donated umbilical cord blood stem cells and his own bone marrow stem cells.
Check out the video for Brandon's story, some views of physical therapy in China and Brandon playing catch again. The treatment required a lot of work from him but he felt it was worth it saying "you just have to get up and do it... once you get that frame of mind, anything can happen."
Patients with spinal cord injuries have been traveling to China from all over the world for the past six years. Treatment typically involves a regimen of lumbar injections side-by-side with a range of therapies to help the cells get to their targets. Whether sub-acute or chronic, patients' report symptomatic relief and improvement in their quality of life.
Click the link here or click on the pic below to check out The StemCellsChina SCI Channel at Vimeo for more videos.
It took two months for Macie’s family to put her on a plane after learning that there was a treatment available for Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. All the way to the airport, a television crew pushed the family back telling them not to leave. It was 2008 and treating Optic Nerve Hypoplasia with adult stem cells was still a new treatment.
Macie’s mother was under a lot of pressure. She had a teenager who wanted to drive.
But Macie’s not the only one with news. There are others. Christian of St Augustine, FL has been in the news recently following his trip to China for stem cells. Christian too has a severe visual disorder. The press writes “his mom calls her son a miracle and the community her saving grace,” thanking them for making the trip possible.
Mick's Blog Covers Ataxia Journey
Begun by Mick's caregiver, Don, six days before their journey to China for treatment of Mick's Ataxia mid-July with current updates after their return home, this is a great insider's look at a month's treatment in a Chinese hospital. First-hand experience like this can be invaluable when figuring out how to prep meals and manage life away from home.
We even hear he's doing better than he arrived in China. That's some great news.
Before Matt received adult stem cell therapy to treat the Optic Nerve Atrophy he's had since birth, he had to hold a book an inch from his face to read the text. He could see subtitles in a theater if he was in the very front row. While he couldn't see detail, he could see images and movement enough to play professional football. But he had trouble tracking his daughter at a soccer game and reading bed-time stories to the kids at night. He wasn't going to sit by if he could seek out some improvement.
Matt received IV, LP and retro-bulbar (RB) injections of adult stem cells. Early in his month-long treatment he began to notice a significant increase in clarity. Taking the Snell Test after his RB he could read the chart much better.
How much better? During his interview video he told us the numbers he had prior to departure. They're impressive. But he stressed that "for some people with 20/20 vision, they don't really know what a drop in 200 feet or 30 to 40 feet is. But let me tell you, it's a significant number. It changes the way that you see."
Lots of people will tell you that Matt's improvements were the result of the placebo effect. Maybe they will tell you he's the only one who has seen improvement. They will tell you he is an actor reading lines. Watch the video above and let him tell you what he's seeing. Click here to find out more.
If you'd like to see more interviews from patients and doctors talking about their adult stem cell treatments in China, click the pics below.
