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Does anyone know if there is any place in Kuwait that offers stem cell therapy for the knees? My mum has an issue with her kneed and I took her to a doctor at Seef Hospital who recommended operating on it. But, from information I’ve gathered, stem cell therapy seems to be a better alternative. From what I understood they inject healthy stem cells into the knee and it starts repairing itself, does that sound accurate? Biggest advantage though is you can walk right after getting the stem cell injection while with a knee surgery you’re going to have to be off your feet for some time. If anyone has any information on this I’d really appreciate it.

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Not an expert.

Think we’re still a very long way off really utilising the full capabilities of stem cells, and it depends what stem cells you’re talking about.

Are you talking about embroyic stem cells which show the best promise in clinical trials, but you obviously have the ethical issue of obtaining these…

Adult stem cells which have been reprogrammed are the other options but again still clinical trial stages I thought…

To give you another example in which people are trying to benefit from the advances in stem cells, is preserving stem cells found in the cord blood and cord tissue after child birth. Now currently, they only have the capabilities of using the cord blood stem cells for treating limited number of conditions, e.g. leukaemia.. whereas in cord tissue, which has a much wider range of use to help in regeneration of tissues for example, the actual procedures are still not approved and therefore everyone who stores these cells is banking on them being useful in the near future.

Hey Mark,

I don’t think stem cell therapies are legal or approved for use in Kuwait. The medical use of stem cells is still in it’s infancy. This means that research labs (in or out of academic settings) are the only places to offer it, and even then you’d have to qualify for treatment in trials. I read that 1/1000 stem cell can turn cancerous, which is why this technology is not at our disposal (yet).

Hope you and your mother find a solution,

T

Hello Mark
Sorry to knw that about ur Mom. well i don’t have much information but i have heard from a colleague that they do stem cell in government hospital (one of his friend got it for cancer reason). but its an expensive thing so its for kuwaities only i don’t know about ur nationality but u can certainly use ur sources to get u this treatment. Wasta is the key to success here in Kuwait …
Good luck and best wishes for ur mom

I wouldn’t recommend using stem cell therapy yet, and definitely not in Kuwait.
Whether it’s cord blood or embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent ones is irrelevant. Majority of the therapies are still at the clinical trial stage, there could potentially be many adverse effects we are still not aware of.

If you’re not keen on operating please seek a second opinion or look to treat it abroad. Stem cell therapy is a highly specialized field, with limited number of professionals who conduct these types of treatments successfully. My advice would be visiting university hospitals, they would be most reliable.

The media does hype things up a little so please be careful of your sources.

A lot of UFC fighters have been using stem cell therapy with positive results plus other athletes from other sports which is how I found out about it. So it must be past the trial stage I would think.

I gothchya

There is a clinic
https://www.stemcell4joints.com/

I haven’t gone there yet, still looking for a job,but I booked marked the site, and called them, and so far, I’m convinced the process is legit, haven’t tried it, so you go and see for yourself.

no need to thank me :p

it’s not in kuwait, but he has clinic in GCC country and jordon

Oi,

I know a clinic that does that in Jordan, I haven’t gone there, still looking for a job >.>, so when you do it ask them their price, and you can send me on gmail, or message on forum’s email about it, the guy got clinic in Qatar as well in Jordan.

https://www.stemcell4joints.com/

This is right up there with homeopathy and faith healing. Nothing but a bunch of pseudo-scientific bullshit with no scientific evidence verifying its effectiveness.

Well, I understand where you are coming from. But have you experiment it to say so ? The way I think about similar subjects is that:

-Scientifically not proven does not mean it’s does not exist.

-They didn’t believe in electricity before it was discovered, that doesn’t mean it did not exist.

– Yes it’s not scientifically proven, but there are many experiments happen that showed effectiveness without scientifically knowing how. Moreover, you can check what some doctors say about it in the video I posted when they applied it on their patients.

-Science have not proven any spirituals or religious matters that many people follows. Does it mean they all do not exist ?

I would experiment before I would take any judgmental decision.

“-Scientifically not proven does not mean it’s does not exist.”

That’s a logical fallacy. You don’t automatically assume something exists or works and wait until proven otherwise. Just because no one has proven it doesn’t work does not validate your claim.

“– Yes it’s not scientifically proven, but there are many experiments happen that showed effectiveness without scientifically knowing how. Moreover, you can check what some doctors say about it in the video I posted when they applied it on their patients.”

Links to said experiments?

“-Science have not proven any spirituals or religious matters that many people follows. Does it mean they all do not exist ?”

I’m an atheist, so this doesn’t really matter to me at all.

“But have you experiment it to say so ?”

If by experiment you mean partake in this “healing” nonsense then yes I have. I was forced to do several weeks of sessions as a child. It’s all pure bullshit.

“No one has proven it does not work does not validate your claim”
First it’s not my claim. Secondly, I am talking about the concept that the science does not always have to be known for something to exist. Not the other way around.

About your question of providing links to experiments of “healing”
There are many links online and others in books that are not available online…I just found this article by a PHD who cited more than 10 papers at the end of the article related to healing with ki.. You can check them out.

https://psychcentral.com/lib/reiki-healing-and-mental-health-what-the-research-shows/

About your last statement. Well, when someone say that a paracetamol pill can heal cancer in one second, we would say bullsh** . That doesn’t mean that paracetamol is not useful in many other cases, or that it’s bullsh** and just cure headache and fever through placebo effect (although sometimes it does). What I am trying to say is that people might have exaggerated things wrongly, does not mean that the basis not there, or it can’t provide any good!

I am trying to use “the force” after watching Star Wars. I still didn’t manage to get it to work, but I didn’t give up, and will keep trying different techniques. Tonight, I am going to try sitting cross legged inside a triangle of candles while raising middle fingers and saying AAAAAA.

I am sure the force exists, because it was never disproved by science.

no waaaay!. You are missing one imported hidden part. Take a pill of Panadol and you will be able to use “the force” easily… but it has to be exactly at 7 minutes, 5 seconds and 3 milliseconds seconds after taking the pill…

I thought there was a stem cell research hospital in the Shwaikh hospitals area? I was at NBK Children’s Hospital earlier this month and noticed and thought, wow – stem cell research in Kuwait?? Not sure what they do there (just research or actual use).

Don’t try Jordan we get a lot of patient complications in Babtain hospital of people going to cheap countries for surgeries.

lol, cheap countries for surgeries ? do you want me to tell you stories of people dying in mubarak after operations from infection ?

people from all over gulf comes to jordan for treatment.. don’t forget that almost all the old experienced staff worked in kuwait before gulf war is now in jordan.

I don’t want you to tell me any stories of patients getting complications in Mubarak as these are confidential and I don’t think you know any and even if you did,you would be breaking the law.
People from all over the gulf goes to the cheapest treatments but then come back with nasty side effects and get treated at their respective countries, which in most cases we reverse/remove what had been done before.
Kuwait before the gulf war did not hire a certain nationality in its hospitals, there were many nationalities and all were hired according to the vacancies available and as I remember there was not a certain nationality dominating in the healthcare.
Don’t forget the reason that almost all the staff left to Jordan from Kuwait after the gulf war as I personally know the good ones who continue to stay in Kuwait to work until this time.

Hello,
A friend of mine will do the procedure soon. He described it exactly how you are describing it. Im no doctor so im not sure if its different or not

Muwasaat hospital
Dr. Tarek Abdultawab
https://drtarekclinic.com/prp

Hoping for the best. Best of luck

Not sure if you mean PRP, but if PRP your looking for. there are places in Kuwait that do it.

PS: Seef hospital sucks real bad, so take her to a second and third doctor before deciding on a surgery.

I second this. Seef is not the greatest. They told me I had a severe heart condition and put me on strong blood thinners. 6 months later I finally got 3 more other opinions that all said I was mis- diagnosed at Seef.

Hi Mark,

What your physician/surgeon recommended is called PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) therapy not actual stem cells per say. They take a blood sample between 5-15 ml and clear all the white and red blood cells from the sample, keeping the platelets. It is then re-injected intra-articularly into the joint (Knee in your mothers case).
It is available in Alrazi hospital as well as some private clinics.
There hasn’t been a true revelation with its use especially for osteoarthritis (a degenerative condition of the joints), your mother probably has it).
I am afraid there is a certain stage you reach where surgery is the only option.

Check this website:
https://www.hss.edu/conditions-list_prp-injections.asp

Hey Mark, Do you have stem cell in a bank? from my knowledge you have to have stem cell in a bank to use later on, I did this for my daughter, it’s not allowed in Kuwait but if you are willing to travel, the best choice is Germany.

I think there is a way to extract stem cells from the bone narrow or something, not sure.. however you can find those clinics on Google & call them.

I hope your mom gets well soon

This is not true. They offered storing stem sells of my daughter when she was born (private hospital). I refused because it’s a waste of money.

It is true legally in Kuwait it’s not allowed but when I did it for my daughter I dealt with a company outside Kuwait when she was born.
As for the part of waste of money, seem like your so smart that you would rather save 5000 USD than secure the health of your children and yourself.

Actually, the smart ones are those freezing companies who convinced you to part with $5000 on an experimental technology with very little chance of actual use (1 in 200,000).

Let me tell you another information: The umbilical cord stem cells can differentiate only into blood cells. They are not the same as embryonic stem cells, which can differentiate into any kind of cell.

And also let me tell you another information. If your daughter develops some genetic blood defects during her lifetime, that you hope these cells that you spend $5000 to store, then guess what, these cells will have the same genetic defects, because yeah, they came from the same person!

So all the cancer cure miracles that stem cell did and all the solutions that it can give such Mark’s mom are not important?
I hope we never use it and if it has 1 in trillion chance to be used, I am welling to buy it.. so everyone has its own opinion about the needs and thank you for sharing yours but I still believe I did the right thing

Hello Mark,
I think it is better you seek Council from another physician.
I recommend Dr. Aldred Khoury in Rizk Hospital in Beirut. He is specialized in Knee injuries for athletes.
Also if you have the MRI scans it would help him to give you what is required.
My cousin is a body attack trainer and she had her knee injured and he fixed it for her.
Also my wife has a knee injury and i took her to see him and he suggested physiotherapy instead of a surgery another doctor suggested here in kuwait in Sief hospital resident i believe she seeked council with.
Physiotherapy helped her much and her knee is good as new!!

I’m not a doctor, but here’s my advice:

Stay away from stem cell therapy, for now. Go and see some other doctors in Kuwait (tabeeby.com), and hopefully they would recommend some type of physical therapy instead of a surgery.

Best wishes.

Better thing to do instead of impersonating, someone’s pain can be “Funny” for you. Just putting our heads together here.

Go with something proven (surgery) instead of something that is still in the realm of research and experimentation. You shouldn’t subject your Mother to niche treatments, especially for what looks like a non life threatening nor desperate condition.

please guys.you can say I dont know.The information you saying is so old.MARK stem cell is so cutting edge. I dont think they would have it in kuwait

Obviously you’d be smart enough not to do any operations in the middle east or Asian countries period. Your best bet would be Germany.

Actually have a good friend who’s been to Dr Peter Wehling, she was in Germany on holiday and was having back problems so went on google and found him, called in and got an appointment. She didn’t need a referral from Kobe Bryan or anything, she didn’t even know he was this big shot until I told her.

The only person who can advise you on bone-marrow and stemcell treatment in Kuwait is Dr. Salem Al-Shemmari. His cell 66670090 (1 year back). His clinic is in the Center just opposite NBK Children hospital in Kuwait.
Another facility called Behbehani StemCell Center in Kuwait is not operational yet. Good luck

There are stem cell therapies in kuwait. There is an actual clinic, go check @genatak on instagram. Its run by two medical consultants

Hi,
A stem cell hospital is currently being built in Kuwait at the hospitals zone in Shuwaikh area. It was mentioned in the newspapers that it will open officially next may (in 3 months).
This will be a specialized public hospital with minimal fees if any.
I’m waiting for it my self. So best of luck for your mom, & I would recommend that she waits if it’s possible rather than operating as operations are too risky.

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