Plasma Donation after COVID recovery
Q– What is Plasma and how does it help?
Plasma is the liquid part of blood that is collected from patients who have recovered from COVID-19. When people have symptoms of any viral infections including Covid-19, the affected person develops antibodies in the blood against the virus hence counter-attack the virus and help in eliminating it.
Q- Does Plasma Donation help COVID 19 patients?
Plasma therapy is being investigated for the treatment of COVID-19 because there is no approved treatment for COVID and there is some information that suggests it might help some patients recover from COVID-19.
Q- Who is eligible to donate Plasma?
- Individuals must have had a prior diagnosis of COVID-19 documented by a laboratory test and meet other donor criteria.
- People who have fully recovered from COVID-19 for at least two weeks are encouraged to donate plasma.
- Individuals must have complete resolution of symptoms for at least 14 days prior to donation.
- COVID-19 plasma MUST only be collected from RECOVERED individuals if they are eligible to donate blood.
- A negative lab test for active COVID-19 disease is not necessary to qualify for a donation.
Q- How to donate Plasma?
- You may register for plasma donation here: DONATE PLASMA
- OR, Click here to look at the nearby medical institute to donate your plasma- https://www.icmr.gov.in/pdf/covid/techdoc/PLACID_List_17062020.pdf
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Originally written by Team Rx.Health