Plasma therapy, broadly known as ‘convalescent plasma therapy’, is a procedure to treat coronavirus infection. In this experimental treatment, plasma, which is the yellowish liquid part of the blood, is extracted from a person who has recovered from the infection and injected into a patient who is suffering from that disease. The plasma contains that antibodies that can help a patient fight the pathogen and recover from the disease.
Who can donate plasma?
To become a plasma donor, there are several criteria that one should meet.
First of all, donors need to have tested negative for COVID-19 and recovered from the illness. They should also not have any symptoms for the last 14 days. Most importantly, they need to have high antibody levels in their plasma. Moreover, a donor and the patient must also have compatible blood types. Once the plasma is donated, it is screened for other infectious diseases, such as HIV.
One recovered, each donor produces enough plasma to treat one to three patients. Moreover, donating plasma should not weaken the donor’s immune system, nor make the donor more susceptible to getting reinfected with the virus.
List of websites for information on plasma donation:
covidplasma.online/https://dhoondh.comhttp://needplasma.in/
Source: dnaindia.com