Injecting stem cells into spinal discs is medically inadvisable due to inability of discs to accept injections and risk of severe infection and paralysis. — Whalespan
Injecting stem cells into spinal discs is medically inadvisable due to inability of discs to accept injections and risk of severe infection and paralysis.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“a stem cell clinic in Mexico got an injection of stem cells into a spinal disc which my neurosurgeon friends tell me is a terrible idea. Turns out the disc cannot accept cellular injections. a neuros a ch a chair of neurosurgery told me that.”
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