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Diseases and Treatments
Plasma-derived therapies and their recombinant analogs (collectively referred to as plasma protein therapies) are complex, lifesaving biological medicines that treat serious, chronic, genetic diseases and disorders; as well as shock, trauma and burns. These unique therapies treat well-defined medical conditions, replacing missing or deficient proteins found in plasma, to allow their recipients to lead healthier and more productive lives. The patient populations that rely upon plasma protein therapies generally require regular infusions or injections of them for the duration of their lives.
Diseases and Disorders Treated with Plasma Protein Therapies
Rare, Genetic Diseases
- Blood Clotting Factor
- Hemophilia A
- Hemophilia B
- Von Willebrand Disease
- Antithrombin III deficiency
- Immune Globulin
- Primary immunodeficiency disease
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
- Idiopathic thromobocytopenic pupura (ITP)
- Kawasaki disease
- Alpha-1 Proteinase Inhibitor
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Critical Care
- Albumin
- Burns
- Cardiopulmonary needs
- Major surgery
- Shock
- Transplant recipients
- Trauma
Others
- Anthrax Ig
- B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- Bone marrow transplants
- Cytomegalovirus
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Pediatric HIV
- RSV (respiratory syncytial virus)
- Rabies
- Rh incompatibility (hemolytic disease of the newborn)
- Tetanus
- Vaccinia Ig (treats adverse reactions to small pox vaccine)\
- Varicella (vaccine for chicken pox for immunodeficient patients)
From donor to patient, from vein-to-vein, plasma donors and plasma-derived therapies help ensure a higher quality of life for people around the world who suffer from rare, often generic diseases. To learn more about plasma donation, visit www.DonatingPlasma.org.