THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE ANSWER!
HOW R YOU FEELING TODAY!
HUGS!
ERIN
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Originally Posted by Stellatum
Hi, Erin. I was so glad to hear how far you've come!
My understanding is that blood is made up of red blood cells floating in a liquid called plasma. The antibodies that cause MG are also floating in the plasma. There's nothing wrong with our red blood cells, so there's no need to replace them--we can just replace the plasma. That's exactly what plasmapheresis does.
I'm just deducing an answer from the things I know, but it makes sense, doesn't it?
Abby
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