Patient's question:
Recently, a friend has just given birth for over a month. During the delivery, the placenta was taken to the hospital and stored. She feels particularly strange about this and wants to ask if storing the placenta is really useful?Doctor's answer:
Storing the placenta is indeed beneficial. The placenta contains mesenchymal stem cells and hematopoietic stem cells, making it the only organ in the human body that contains a large amount of both types of stem cells. When placental mesenchymal stem cells are injected into the human body, they carry a large number of immune-stabilizing factors and begin their busy work, continuously repairing the immune system. The placenta has a particularly good nourishing effect on people with weaker constitutions and the elderly.