Convalescent Plasma Therapy
What is Convalescent Plasma Therapy ?
Can Convalescent Plasma Therapy be used to treat COVID-19 patients?
Convalescent Plasma Therapy works by transferring plasma from a COVID-19 recovered patient into an infected patient.
If a coronavirus(COVID-19) positive patient recovers, then he recovers by his body fighting the infection. To fight the infection, the body produces antibodies that stay in the blood. The antigens thus produced can be used to cure another patient.
If these antibodies are found to be in high amount in a person who has recovered from the coronavirus, we can ask him to donate his blood. From that blood, we take plasma which has a high concentration of anti-bodies. These antibodies can be transfused to another COVID-19 person, which boost the immune system of sick persons and fight the virus in a better manner.
But Convalescent Plasma Therapy cannot be used as a treatment for all the patients suffering from COVID-19 due to the lack in availability of cured patients, their willingness and physical condition to donate blood plasma etc.
But yes it is a good option for the critical patients. It is a kind of backup option till a vaccine arrives for treating COVID-19.
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