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For immunocompromised patients, the coronavirus is still a deadly threat

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published April 28, 2022 08:15

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In Poland, patients still die from Covid-19, whose vaccines are not able to protect them. They could still be alive if they were given prophylactically prepared antibodies to fight the coronavirus. They are patients suffering from blood cancers, dialysis patients and those undergoing transplantation.

- We spend a lot of money on modern treatment of blood cancers, and not using Covid-19 pre-exposure therapy, we risk that an immunosuppressed patient will die of infection - says prof. Iwona Hus, deputy head of the Hematology Clinic of the Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Warsaw, president of the Polish Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine.

Covid-19 mortality in this group reaches 30%

For immunocompromised patients, the coronavirus is still a lethal threat. Their bodies are unable to make antibodies after being vaccinated against Covid-19, and the disease is much more dramatic. The rescue for these patients is the administration of ready-made antibodies that protect against the development of coronavirus infection and the symptomatic course of COVID-19. Unfortunately, such prophylaxis is not available with us.

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