A 'miracle' bone marrow match has been found for a baby with a deadly disease just days after his first birthday. Reign Miller-Hardy, from Barry, South Wales, suffers from a genetic condition which meant he would have died without an urgent bone marrow transplant. He has spent the last six weeks in hospital in receiving specialist careReign's condition, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), causes the immune system to attack healthy tissues and organs including the liver, brain and bone marrow reports the Mirror. Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare immune disorder where the body reacts inappropriately to a ‘trigger’, usually an infection. White blood cells become over-activated, causing damage to tissues such as the liver, spleen and bone marrow.

Source: Daily Mail October 11, 2020 09:22 UTC