What is graft versus host disease?

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a common complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in which functional immune cells in the transplanted marrow recognize the recipient as "foreign" and mount an immunologic attack.

How do members experience graft versus host disease?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with graft versus host disease*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for graft versus host disease*

*Data from patients with graft versus host disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with graft versus host disease*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Prograf)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
graft versus host disease (1)

*Data from patients with graft versus host disease, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has graft versus host disease on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 5
30s 7
40s 11
50s 11
60s 14
70+ 12

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 28
Female 33