General measures
- Observance of the general hygiene measures!
- Nicotine restriction (refrain from tobacco use).
- Alcohol restriction (abstaining from alcohol)
- Aim for normal weight!Determination of BMI (body mass index, body mass index) or body composition using electrical impedance analysis.
- Fall below the BMI lower limit (from the age of 45: 22; from the age of 55: 23; from the age of 65: 24) → Participation in a medically supervised program for the underweight.
- Review of permanent medication due topossible effect on the existing disease.
- Avoidance of environmental stress:
- Arsenic
- Benzene
- Bismuth
- Gold
- Mercury
Conventional non-surgical therapy methods
- In bone marrow transplantation, bone marrow is removed from the donor’s iliac crest via a punch. From this, stem cells are isolated and injected into the recipient.In stem cell transplantation (more precisely, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; HSCT; blood stem cell transplantation), which is a further development of bone marrow transplantation, stem cells are increasingly taken from the donor’s blood and injected into the recipient. These two procedures are the only ways to cure aplastic anemia.
- Administration of blood products in terms of red cell and platelet concentrates is counted as supportive therapy in aplastic anemia.
Vaccinations
The following vaccinations are advised:
- Flu vaccination
- Pneumococcal vaccination: immunocompromised individuals should be vaccinated sequentially with the 13-valent conjugate vaccine PCV13 and six to 12 months later with the 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine PPSV23 against pneumococcus.
Regular checkups
- Regular medical checkups
Nutritional medicine
- Nutritional counseling based on nutritional analysis
- Nutritional recommendations according to a mixed diet taking into account the disease at hand. This means, among other things:
- A total of 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruit daily (≥ 400 g; 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit).
- Once or twice a week fresh sea fish, i.e. fatty marine fish (omega-3 fatty acids) such as salmon, herring, mackerel.
- High-fiber diet (whole grain products).
- Selection of appropriate food based on the nutritional analysis
- See also under “Therapy with micronutrients (vital substances)” – if necessary, taking a suitable dietary supplement.
- Detailed information on nutritional medicine you will receive from us.
