Qatar- HMC uses Convalescent Plasma Therapy to treat Covid-19 patients. This is how it works

Qatar- HMC uses Convalescent Plasma Therapy to treat Covid-19 patients. This is how it works

(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is using Convalescent Plasma Therapy to treat COVID-19 patients in Qatar. Plasma from one recovered patient can be used to treat one to two infected patients. HMC in a post encouraged recovered patients to donate plasma and explained how the donation can be made and how the therapy works. 'With the help of our clinical teams, you have recovered from COVID-19 infection. However, there are many other patients who are still suffering from this infection and you can help them to recover by donating your plasma. Plasma from one recovered patient can be used to treat one to two infected patients, HMC said on their website. This is how Convalescent Plasma Therapy works: What is plasma? Plasma is the liquid part of the blood and where antibodies against infectious diseases are present and is currently used to treat people with the COVID-19, especially those suffering from severe infection. How my donated plasma helps patients with COVID-19 infection to recover? While you have COVID-19 infection your body immune system was fighting this virus by producing a lot of antibodies which are present in your plasma. Those antibodies will act against the virus