Brief note on plasma therapy

In plasma therapy, such immunity can be transferred from a healthy person to sick with the help of blood plasma. Here convalescent plasma is the liquid part of the blood from the recorded patient of covid-19. We can say that in plasma therapy blood of the recovered person as it is rich in antibodies is used to treat other sick people.  The idea behind the therapy is that antibodies produced by the patients who had have survived the virus will boost the immune system of those who are critically ill or fighting with covid-19. 

Definition of plasma:

The liquid part of the blood plasma. It is made up of large water and proteins.  It provide a medium for red blood cells,  white blood cells and platelets to circulate through the body. It also consists of crucial components of immunity known as antibodies .

Definition of Antibodies :

These are produced in the body is a type of protein that defend from the infections caused due to pathogens an antigen. After this, some blood cells start functioning as memory cells so that they can identify and defeat the same enemy if and when it again invades busy quickly producing the same antibodies. 

Convalescent Plasma Therapy(CPT):

When pathogens attack our body, our immune system starts working and release proteins to fight with an infection.  These proteins are known as antibodies. If the infected person produces a sufficient amount of protein then he or she will recovered by antibodies itself. 

In plasma therapy such immunity can be transferred from a healthy person to sick with the help of blood plasma. 

How Convalescent Therapy work? 

In this technique, blood is ejected from the recovered patient from Covid-19. Then the serum is separated and screened for virus-netralising antibodies. The antibodies rich serum is then administered to a covid-19 patient showing severe symptoms. 

This process takes only around one hour for donating plasma just like to donating blood . It is said that donors of the plasma are hooked up to a small device that removes plasma while simultaneously returning red blood cells to their body. Plasma can be donated frequently, twice in a week.

The plasma rich with antibodies is taken from the recovered patients of covid-19 and then is infused into the bloodstream of other infected coronavirus patients. When the body get into contact with external pathogens like bacteria or germs,  it automatically starts a defence mechanism and started releasing antibodies.