Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an immune-mediated bleeding disorder characterized by decreased platelet counts and an increased risk of bleeding. Multiple humoral and cellular immune abnormalities result in accelerated platelet destruction and
How to Cope With Food Allergies More A food allergy can negatively affect your health. It occurs when an individual is exposed to a particular food. The first time you eat the offending food, your immune system creates disease-fighting antibodies. When you eat the food again, your body trea...
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Additionally, hydroxychloroquine has been used to treat coronavirus. Although studies have yet to show its effectiveness for treating coronavirus, rumors and speculation that the drug could be used to treat the disease caused a sudden shortage in supply. ...
Can you become immune to COVID-19? Patients who recover from COVID-19 make antibodies to the virus that may impart immunity for at least 6 months; however, breakthrough infections do occur and may be more likely with newly circulating variants of the virus. Immunizing with the latest ...
The FDA has approved more than 30 antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection. They're often broken into nine classes because they work in different ways. Doctors recommend taking a combination or "cocktail" of at least two of them. This is called antiretroviral therapy (ART). ...
Regulatory T cell-enhancing therapies to treat atherosclerosis. Cells 10, 723 (2021). Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Mauersberger, C., Schunkert, H. & Sager, H. B. Inflammation-related risk loci in genome-wide association studies of coronary artery disease. Cells 10, 440...
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy is used to treat immunodeficient patients, but it can also suppress various autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases. Despite the clinical success of IVIG therapy, its mechanisms of action remain controversia
Leukotriene inhibitors, such as Singulair (montelukast) or Accolate (zafirlukast), may be used off-label for the treatment of eczema. However, the benefits of such use have yet to be established.10 They might be used to treat eczema when symptoms are severe and resistant to any other form...
These include the state of your immune system and thelevel of stressyou’re dealing with. Research shows that chronic/persistent diarrheaoccurs in approximately3 percent of people traveling to developing countries (also known as traveler’s diarrhea). Acute diarrhea is usually easy to treat without...