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Plasma therapy: Overview
- As the need for a COVID-19 vaccine increases, most doctors have recommended an ancient method of fighting infectious diseases: plasma therapy.
- It is a medical process in which recovered patients donate blood to establish antibodies that fight infection.
What is plasma?
- Plasma is the part of the blood that is often forgotten. White blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets are important for the body's function. But plasma also plays a key role.
- Plasma is a bright yellow substance that separates from the rest of the blood. Plasma carries water, salts, and enzymes.
- Plasma's main function is to carry nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the parts of the body that need them.
What are the functions of blood plasma?
- The antibodies, once attached to the virus, neutralize it.
- Antibodies activate the pathways and help prevent further damage to cells
- Lowers overall viral load
- Transfused plasma from at least two donors provides a variety of antibodies,
- providing more excellent protection for the immune system.
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Get A Second OpinionWhat is plasma therapy?
- Plasma therapy is a medical treatment where the blood from someone who recovered is used to make antibodies for sick people. It's also called convalescent plasma therapy.
- It is then used to treat people with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection to aid recovery. When people get sick with Covid-19, their immune system makes antibodies to fight the disease.
Donating plasma
- If you want to donate plasma to help others, you'll be screened to ensure your blood is healthy. If you qualify, you'll spend about one and a half hours at the clinic each visit.
- During the blood donation process, blood is drawn through a needle placed into a vein in an arm. Plasma and platelets are then removed from the blood using a special system called plasmapheresis.
- The remaining red blood cells and other blood components are returned to your body, along with some saline (salt).
- People with blood type AB have the highest demand for donating plasma. There are only 2 out of every 50 people, and their plasma is universal. This means that anyone can use its plasma. At places where you don't get paid, you can donate plasma every 28 days, up to 13 times a year.
How can you become a plasma donor?
A donor must wait until 14-28 days after full recovery before being approved to donate, the person must:
- Have no fever
- Have no breathing difficulties
- Have normal oxygen levels, between 95% and 100%.
- Be in good general health.
- At the time of infection, an official and valid diagnostic test must be performed to confirm SARS-CoV.
- Undergo a standard procedure to rule out HIV, Hepatitis B and C viruses, and so on.
- Have two negative tests for SARS-CoV-2 within a 24-hour interval on nasal swabs
How does plasma therapy work?
- Convalescent plasma therapy uses antibodies (a type of protein produced by plasma) from patients who have fully recovered from COVID-19 infection. This is how this procedure will fight the coronavirus in your body.
- When blood is drawn from a previously infected but fully recovered patient, the plasma component that contains the antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus is separated. This plasma is injected into the body of an infected person who will fight the virus and neutralize it so that it does not spread.
- Once the patient has recovered, they will be asked to donate their blood so that their antibodies can be used to treat other infected patients.
- The blood sample will be tested for any existing harmful diseases, such as hepatitis B and C, including HIV.
How do you prepare for treatment?
- First, a doctor will recommend a convalescent plasma treatment that is suitable for your blood type. Here's how to get ready for recovery and what to expect afterwards. Before treatment
- Your doctor will check your health before treatment. During the procedure, a healthcare provider inserts a tube into a vein in your arm.
During treatment
Plasma recovered from a recovered infected person will be connected to the IV tubing and given to you by drip. It takes 2 hours to complete the procedure.
After treatment
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Book an AppointmentFrequently Asked Questions
Plasma is the watery part of blood, making up more than half of it. The rest is filled with red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets floating in the plasma.
Plasma is the liquid component of blood, while blood is the body's liquid connective tissue, making up 55% of plasma and 45% of blood cells.
Platelets need to be used within 5 days of donation, so we always need donors. Plasma is the liquid part of blood where red and white blood cells, and platelets float as they travel through our bodies.
The COVID-19 virus is not transmitted through the water while swimming. However, the virus is spread between people when someone has close contact with an infected person.
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