Guide To The Causes And Treatments For Isaac's Syndrome

Plasma Exchange

Plasma exchange therapy is commonly used in the treatment of autoimmune disorders. One study of a forty-one-year-old patient with Isaacs' syndrome showed a plasma exchange procedure caused the symptoms nearly to disappear. The effects continued for about two to three weeks. The researchers also observed that during this period, the potential for continuous muscle action was much lower. After a few months, the symptoms came back in full, and the patient underwent another plasma exchange treatment, which lessened symptoms again. Therapeutic plasma exchange removes a patient's plasma, where antibodies are found, and replaces it. In patients with autoimmune-related Isaacs' syndrome, the immune system creates antibodies that attack the body's potassium channels. Removing the plasma also removes harmful antibodies. After the plasma is separated from the blood, artificial plasma is added to the red and white blood cells. Since it lacks the harmful antibodies, the inflammatory symptoms subside. Though plasma exchange therapy isn't a cure, it can reduce or stop symptoms for several weeks, until the immune system has created enough antibodies to cause symptoms again.

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