Is The Side Effect Of Bone Marrow Puncture To The Body Big?

Bone puncture needle is the most basic diagnostic technique in hematology department. For diagnostic purposes, a needle is inserted into the bone marrow cavity and a small amount of bone marrow is extracted for testing. Some patients are reluctant to undergo a bone marrow biopsy because they think it will damage the body's essence and vitality. This is not the case. The amount of bone marrow fluid required for bone marrow examination is very small, generally about 0.1ml, while the total amount of normal bone marrow fluid in human body is about 2800ml. It can be seen that the amount of bone marrow fluid extracted during bone marrow puncture examination is insignificant compared with the total amount of human body, and there are still a large number of cells in the body every day, and bone marrow is a tissue with strong regenerative ability. It will soon return to normal, so the bone marrow puncture does not harm the patient's physical health. In addition, patients often think that bone marrow puncture examination is painful and have psychological fear, which is unnecessary.
Bone marrow puncture needle is not scary, the procedure is safe, the operation time is short, the pain is low. Correct understanding of bone marrow aspiration, do not refuse examination because of fear of the unknown, so as to miss early and timely diagnosis, delay treatment.