Coronavirus in Naples: plasma therapy is tested at Cotugno

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Cotugno di Napoli is ready to start plasma therapy, an effective experiment for the treatment of Coronavirus.

At the hospital Cotugno of Naples everything is ready to start with the experimentation of the plasma therapy, a method already used in other structures in Italy, which is effective for the treatment of COVID-19.

The effectiveness of plasma therapy

Is called hyperimmune plasma and nothing else is that the plasma of people who have healed since Coronavirus and that therefore have one high antibody load.

With such precious liquid it has already started in Italy in the hospitals of Mantua, Bolzano, Padua and Pavia the so-called plasma therapy, which appears to be giving excellent results in terms of healing from the virus in about two days from the start of the procedure.

Currently the Cotugno of Naples it is waiting for the green light to start this experimentation within the structure within the week, but the decision of the Ethics committee, an organization that carefully assesses the safety and responsibilities associated with this therapy.

A valid hope

La plasma therapy looks like a valid ally for the care of Covid-19 and given the excellent results obtained so far, it gives more hope to patients with Coronavirus.

The production of this serum with antibodies will be initiated by theImmunotransfusion unit of the Colli hospital and already many patients recovered from the disease have decided to donate their blood.

Pending therefore a vaccine, the only weapons and strategies available are the experimentation with new therapies and drugs.

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Written by Susanna Mele
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