# Recovered COVID-19 Patients’ Blood as Potential Treatment

- Link: https://sifsof.com/clinical-apps/recovered-covid-19-patients-blood-as-potential-treatment/
- Published: 2020-03-27T22:56:49+00:00
- Author: Developer

According to the [World Health Organization (WHO)](https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd),
there are currently 634,835 of confirmed coronavirus COVID-19 cases and 29,957 deaths
in 202 countries. At this point, it’s not possible for any authority to claim that
there will be a decrease in these numbers any time soon.

Despite the constant efforts of the governments of the countries affected by the
deadly virus COVID-19 and despite being supported by the WHO, the world hasn’t reached
the ultimate treatment for the disease just yet.

Recently, a [research study](https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/monkeys-develop-protective-antibodies-to-sars-cov-2-67281)
was conducted on macaques that recovered of the coronavirus COVID-19 disease. The
study showed that the monkeys have antibodies in their blood and, therefore, they’re
now immune and are most unlikely to develop the infection again.

Based on this study, researchers suggested the idea that, since the majority of 
former COVID-19 patients are able to develop antibodies to fight the disease, and
henceforth, they can’t develop infection of the COVID-19 for a second time, their
blood can actually be the primary solution to treat new patients.

The therapy, a.k.a. convalescent plasma, is based on taking the plasma, which is
the liquid portion of blood that does not include blood cells or platelets, from
former patients and analyzing it.

The aim, here, is to find antibodies that the immune system built while the virus
attacked the body. Not only do these antibodies fight the virus until it disappears,
but they also provide an important level of protection, preventing the virus from
attacking the body again in the future.

Researchers now want to take the antibodies drawn from the recovered people’s plasma
and inject them in the new patients’ blood in order to strengthen their immune system
and, hopefully, guarantee a quick recovery.

The testing of this idea will be soon conducted in New York. In fact, the Vaccine
Research Center at the National Institutes of Health has already put out a call 
[looking for blood donations](https://www.facebook.com/niaid.nih/photos/a.10150249669505072/10163133523625072/?type=3&theater)
from former COVID-19 patients.

The whole procedure of convalescent plasma testing and application is a vein injection
procedure that can be complexified by the invisibility of the patient’s vein, particularly
if they are old, very young (babies), obese or simply having a skin condition that
affects the visibility of their veins.

In these cases, [vein finders](https://sifsof.com/product-category/vein-finder-probe/)
are essential to make the whole process easier and safer, because repetitive needle
insertion can be very painful and can cause damage to the veins.

[SIFVEIN-7.2](https://sifsof.com/product/fda-portable-vein-finder-sifvein-7-2) vein
detector uses a near-infrared technology that interacts with the blood color and
illuminates the veins beneath the skin surface, making a visible vein map on the
patient’s hand, arm, face, etc.

Portable Vein Finder SIFVEIN-7.2 has a good adjustable brightness that helps doctors
and nurses to customize the image brightness based on the room’s light and the skin
tone of the patient.

**References:[Key resource for scientists](https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/19/21186569/blood-coronavirus-patients-treatments-infection-covid-19)

[COVID-19 Potential Treatment](https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-recovered-patient-plasma-trial.html)

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