Question

The nurse is working with a client who has had an allohematopoietic stem cell transplant (hsct). the nurse notices a diffuse rash and diarrhea. the nurse contacts the physician to report that the client has symptoms of

Answer 1

The symptoms of Graft vs. disease. Graft versus host disease is a condition that might occur after allogeneic transplant. In this condition, the donated bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells view the recipient's body as foreign, and the donated cells/bone marrow attack the body. The immune cells from the donor (known as the graft or graft cells) attack the recipient patient host's tissues; the disease is a side effect that is common after an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (stem cell transplant).