Why can't pregnant women donate plasma?

New Delhi (Daily Pakistan Online) Medical experts say that not every patient recovering from the corona virus can donate plasma to treat the corona virus. There are a number of conditions for this, including not donating a pregnant woman's plasma.

According to the BBC, SK Sareen, director of the Indian IBLS, told the Hindustan Times that women who have become mothers or are pregnant should not inject Plasma Corona patients because it is harmful rather than beneficial. Causes

Such precautions are not usually required when donating blood, but in the case of plasma donation, there is a special reason to do so. Only blood is drawn, but there is a difference between donating blood and giving plasma. When blood is taken for plasma therapy, the plasma is removed and the blood is returned to the body.

"So there is a difference between the principles of these two donations," he said. Plasma from pregnant women can damage the lungs of COD 19 patients, so they cannot give plasma. Their plasma can cause transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) to the patient, which can make it difficult for him to breathe.

"In women, after the pregnancy is over, antibodies are made against the elements that enter the man's body, because the body considers it an external factor," she said. These antibodies are called human leukocyte antigen antibodies (HLA antibodies). The more children a woman has, the more antibodies she will have.

Similarly, women who have lost a pregnancy cannot donate plasma because they also contain HLA antibodies.

Doctors also say that people with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart, lung and liver diseases cannot give their plasma.

Dr. Sangeeta Pathak said that if a person is sick, all the tactics used by his body to deal with the disease are inside the plasma. For example, the antibody that is formed during the fight against the corona virus is inside the plasma.

If we take the plasma of a sick person, he may become even sicker. This will remove the antibodies from the cod as well as the antibodies in his body to fight other diseases.