Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure:
A Medical Breakthrough
Written by Medical Department, Swiss Stem Cell Malaysia
Published on December 23, 2023
Insomnia is commonly defined as a sleep disorder in which an affected individual may have trouble falling and/or staying asleep. This disorder often being overlooked by the public probably due to lack of awareness regarding the danger of disrupted sleep cycle. Anyone can have trouble in falling / staying asleep. However, diagnosing Insomnia become significant when they cause distress or interfere with a person daily functioning.
Heart failure is a lifelong condition in which the heart muscle can’t pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs for blood and oxygen. Most often it is a long-term (chronic) condition, but it may come on suddenly. Heart failure can involve the heart’s left side, right side or both sides. It can be caused by many different heart problems.
Most common are:
- Coronary Artery Disease: a narrowing or blockage of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. This can weaken the heart muscle over time or suddenly.
- Hypertension: High blood pressure that is not well controlled, this can put extra strain on the heart, which over time can lead to heart failure.
Symptoms of heart failure can range from mild to severe and may come and go. Sometimes, it may be mild symptoms or none at all. This doesn’t mean the patient don’t have heart failure anymore. It typically affects people who are over age 65. When a person has Heart Failure, the heart continues to work, but it is unable to pump blood sufficiently to meet the demands of the body causing typical symptoms of breathlessness, difficulty sleep at night due to breathlessness, leg swelling, coughing or lack of energy.
Heart failure is a serious long-term condition that will usually continue to get slowly worse over time. It can severely limit a person activity and is often eventually fatal. But it’s very difficult to tell how the condition will progress on an individual basis. It is very unpredictable. Lots of people remain stable for many years, while in some cases it may get worse quickly.
Introducing Induce Pluripotent stem cell therapy (iPSCs) for those who are diagnosed with Heart Failure is a medical breakthrough. iPSCs providing promising option for cardiac regeneration as well as other 200 cell types in the body. In most studies, people who got them were less likely to die or go to the hospital during the study. Their hearts worked better and their quality of life was better than for people who didn’t get them.
From most medical studies, Stem Cell has significance in:
- Regeneration of Cardiac Cell
- New blood vessel formation vis Angiogenesis
- Immunomodulator and anti-inflammation effectively repair damaged area.
- A natural Chest Pain Reliever
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Editorial Staff, A.H.A. (2023) What is heart failure?, What is Heart Failure? Available at: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-failure/what-is-heart-failure (Accessed: 12 December 2023).
