Over the past four months, many researches and experiments have been conducted with the aim of finding a cure for the coronavirus. Although most cases have been cured by treatments and medications that will reduce symptoms, so far there is no definitive cure for the coronavirus.

But there is a promising medical solution that could be useful in treating critical cases of coronavirus patients. This treatment , which has proven highly effective when used to treat previous epidemics and widespread diseases – including SARS and Ebola – has resurfaced as an adjunct therapy in some cases of coronavirus.

What is blood plasma therapy?

Blood plasma therapy is a type of experimental therapies that doctors resort to in order to help alleviate the symptoms of the coronavirus – nowadays – especially for those people with severe symptoms. The word blood plasma refers to the blood plasma of people who have recovered from the virus.

Treatment is done by drawing a blood sample from the person who has recovered from the coronavirus, and injecting the patient who is still suffering from the symptoms of the virus, especially those people who have not responded to other treatments or drugs that have been known to be effective in fighting the coronavirus, or those with severe symptoms of the virus.

How does the blood plasma of a recovered person work in resistance to coronavirus?

The bodies of people who have recovered from the coronavirus must have formed antibodies against the virus, andantibodies are those proteins that have been massively produced by the immune system in order to fight any infection that may invade the body.

When the blood plasma of recovered people is injected into the bodies of coronavirus patients, antibodies are transmitted from the recovered person to the sick person, which may help the patient’s body fight the virus more effectively.

There are a few experiments conducted on the bodies of coronavirus patients that showed a gradual improvement in symptoms after they were injected with the blood plasma of recovered people, and their bodies were in a better condition to fight the virus more

Is there strong evidence to prove how effective blood plasma is in treating coronavirus?

Blood plasma therapy has helped reduce the symptoms of many previous epidemics and diseases, notably the 2003 SARS epidemic and the 2013-2016 Ebola epidemic. Many studies and experiments were conducted at that time that proved the effectiveness of treatment with blood plasma in recovered people, where an improvement was observed in the cases of patients who were tried on this treatment, and they did not record any more severe health complications.

However, we cannot consider blood plasma as a treatment for the coronavirus, as the trials conducted on patients so far are far too little to count, and there are some cases that have not seen significant improvement after undergoing this type of treatment.

Who are the corona patients most in need of blood plasma therapy?

As mentioned above, blood plasma therapy is excellent for those patients whose bodies have not responded to other treatments or medications, and it is also recommended in these cases:

• People at risk of lung problems, especially those with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
• People with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease.
• People with weak immunity.
• Medical workers or people who have been in contact with a positive case of coronavirus.

Who can donate blood plasma?

All people who have recovered from the coronavirus should feel socially responsible and go donate blood to those who are still suffering.

However, the person must first make sure that they have fully recovered from the virus, as their bodies must take enough time to produce antibodies.

Are there any potential risk factors for blood plasma therapy?

Risk factors for blood plasma therapy are very few, due to the blood tests that must be performed before donation to ensure that there is nothing that may prevent donation. However, there are still few risk factors or side effects of blood plasma therapy, which can be summarized as:

• • • allergic incidence.
    • difficulty breathing
    • damage or problem to the lungs.
    • transmission of infection, including AIDS infection, hepatitis II and III.