Your Healthy Family: Plasmapheresis treatment improves quality of life for Donna Bryant

Donna says, “it has made a significant difference in many ways.” She is spending less time in her wheel chair, her energy is up and she hasn’t had to be admitted to the hospital to have treatment after falling into crisis because her symptoms had grown out of control.

[@tenzinchoeyang616]

Nice explanation.Thank you

[@consolatamuremi7072]

Well explained thank you

[@jeanniefreeman106]

Thank you for this detailed and informative video!

[@31topor]

My gf’s father has MG. Every year he waits until it’s a crisis and then must be admitted. We’re in the Chicago area and I’m trying to find someone who will do outpatient PLEX.

[@RANA_AVIARY]

Dear sir please tell me my brother patent of CIDP and doctor advice plasma procedure .
My request to you kindly educate me this on weekly base

[@traagicmaagic]

I am interested in what ways, has it made significant improvements? Before and after?

[@mobidick6064]

Can you heat the blood to a heat that can kill diseases, cool it and resend it to the body and removing the plasma as well as you doing now included in the process

[@mikellarowland4647]

I had this done through pic-line in my neck for Multiple sclerosis in 2019

[@beckybarnes9676]

same, it was quite an experience

[@bushrash2888]

For what reason? How are you now?

[@bushrash2888]

@@beckybarnes9676 for what reason and how are you now?

[@beckybarnes9676]

@@bushrash2888 I lost sight in one eye to Optic neuritis suddenly and had this done to wash out the antibodies my body was producing as other eye was affected too. I'm ok, diagnosed with MS.

[@ZrohTempezz]

has it helped?

[@normandeaunewswire]

no sound. what happened to audio?

[@Billythekiddnz]

But we can't fix the cause of her sickness?

[@user-zd5lz7su9t]

no

[@daysgoneby3527]

God I didn't think it'd go into the chest.. that's horrifying.. I thought it went to the arm

[@billpaul6675]

If the port isn't needed for some other reason, two IVs can be used in the arms.

[@charmelionFan08]

I had it in the chest. They use anaesthesia, but it's a little uncomfortable when they feed the tube in, but not too bad.
It's definitely worth being able to walk again. Modern medicine is a miracle

[@daysgoneby3527]

@@charmelionFan08 I'm seeking this "treatment" but hopefully can just do it in the arms.. don't think I'd have the guts to have the chest one

[@charmelionFan08]

@@daysgoneby3527 I think they only do it through the chest if the veins in your arms are too small for the needles.

[@sorcereous]

@@charmelionFan08 what was your symptoms?

[@maggieguzman2838]

Does the insurance can cover this type of treatment? Another silly question how do they clean this machine ? 🫣

[@dixakumari3292]

Specialised kits are available for these procedures which is used only once and then discarded after the procedure. The main machine is for operating different type of procedures like plasmapheresis, stem cell collection, removing or collecting platelets. So it’s not the machine in which blood goes directly, it’s the kit.