COVID-19 potential Convalescent Plasma Treatment
Convalescent plasma
Plasma, we all have it running through our blood vessels right now, but what is it? Plasma is a portion of the total blood that circulates through our body’s blood vessels, it’s a straw-color liquid once separated. Plasma carries red blood cells (Oxygen transporters), white blood cells (Body Guard/Healers), and platelets (Blood Plumbers). Plasma is made up of water (+/- 90%), nutrients like proteins, salts, sugar (Glucose), fats (Lipids) and clotting factors. Plasma has several important duties that are essential to sustain life, for example plasma helps to maintain blood pressure and helps to regulates pH balance. People who've recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies to the disease in their blood.
American Red Cross
People who have fully recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies in their plasma that can attack the virus. This convalescent plasma is being evaluated as treatment for patients with serious or immediately life-threatening COVID-19 infections, or those judged by a healthcare provider to be at high risk of progression to severe or life-threatening disease.
Microsoft’s CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance
The new Corona Virus is still spreading, and COVID-19 cases continue to increase worldwide. We need survivors like you to help us develop potential treatments for those still at risk.
National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma project
The project includes 170 physician-scientists from 50 universities and hospitals across the nation studying the use of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 treatment and prevention.
