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Caregiving for transplant recipients is a demanding task for which there is little preparation. Caregivers face practical, emotional, and social challenges caring for transplant recipients while also maintaining their own roles. This presentation discusses caregiver challenges and offers some methods for meeting them.

Transplant recipients face several risks to long-term heart health arising from their cancer treatment. This presentation identifies these risks and offers strategies to minimize them and foster healthy, long-term survival.

Graft-versus-Host Disease of the eyes can be mild or severe. This presentation describes the causes and consequences GVHD in the eyes. It also describes and recommends numerous remedies for treating this condition.

Bone marrow and stem cell transplant recipients have an increased risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures. Life-style changes can improve bone health, but in more serious cases, medications may be required. This presentation reviews risk factors and effective remedies for bone problems in transplant patients.

Sepa como Minimizar el Riesgo de Desarrollar un Cáncer Secundario después del Trasplante de Células Madre.

Cancer-related fatigue affects up to 80% of cancer survivors. Exercise is the best “medicine” and can resolve many symptoms of fatigue. This presentation provides detailed advice on how transplant recipients can use exercise to improve their quality of life.

Fatigue is the most common complaint of patients. It can continue for years after treatment. It may be due to the disease itself, or the chemotherapy, radiation, and other medications used to treat the disease. This presentation reviews the causes and complications of transplant-related fatigue and describes lifestyle changes and pharmacological interventions that can improve cancer-related fatigue.

A stem cell transplant can be emotionally challenging and disrupt normal life and relationships, at least for a time. Acknowledging these challenges and cultivating social and professional support can help restore emotional health. This presentation describes common emotions patients feel after transplant and some effective methods for coping with them.

Recovering from a transplant poses many challenges for a patient’s personal relationships with spouses, partners, family members, and friends. While they may wish for a return to “normal,” this may not be possible and new standards for “normal” may emerge. This presentation offers strategies for navigating these changing relationships and fostering positive outcomes

Difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep is common among transplant recipients. The usual solutions recommended – sleep hygiene, medication – are less effective than cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. Learn what defines a good night’s sleep and how to get it.

Neuropathy (nerve damage) is common after high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant. Peripheral neuropathy can cause tingling or pain in the arms, hands, legs and/or feet. Other types of neuropathy can cause symptoms ranging from dizziness when standing, problems with digestion and urination to loss of balance, numbness, and muscle atrophy.

Chronic graft-versus-host disease occurs in more than 50% of patients transplanted with cells from a donor. The skin is affected most frequently by GVHD. This presentation describes different types of GVHD of the skin. It also discusses the most common symptoms and promising treatments for this problem.