Are you struggling with being affected by diseases or infections back-to-back? If yes, then you should probably get a check-up on your immunity. Most likely, you will catch diseases and infections easily with no time; if you have a weak immune system or an immune system that isn’t working well. Now we have many therapies and procedures to treat immune deficiency disorders and improve your immunity system. Therefore, you better approach Dr. Hiral Tharkar in Gilbert if diagnosed with a weak immune system or any immune deficiency.
What Is Immune Deficiency?
Immune deficiency is a condition in which your immune system doesn’t work as it is meant to be. The problem with an immune deficiency disorder is that you will be more vulnerable to recurring diseases and infections that could even become fatal as your immune system is already weak. There are two types of immune deficiency disorders, primary immune deficiency diseases (PIDD) and secondary immune deficiency diseases.
Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases occur due to malfunctioning of the immune system and are mostly genetic and inherited. There are almost 300 types of primary immune deficiency disorder. In contrast, Secondary Immune Deficiency occurs when some medical condition such as HIV affects your immunity system.
Treatment of Immune Deficiency
Two advanced treatment options for treating immune deficiency are:
Intravenous immunoglobulin(IVIg)
Your body doesn’t produce many antibodies, nor is it capable of fighting against infections to prevent bacterial and viral attacks if you have an immune deficiency. In that case, IVIg is a solution. IVIg procedure comprises delivering replacement antibodies into your blood directly to avoid severe infections and illness by preventing the attacks of pathogens.
Subcutaneous immunoglobulin
One of the main advantages of Subcutaneous immunoglobulin treatment is that it can be done at home. Most people start their immune deficiency treatment at the clinic with an IVIg procedure and then gradually move to Subcutaneous immunoglobulin treatment as it can be done from home itself. In subcutaneous immunoglobulin treatment, immunoglobulin is delivered to your body through pump infusions or injections into the fatty tissue beneath your skin.
The immunoglobulin required for immune deficiency treatment is collected from healthy blood donors.
Benefits of Immune Deficiency Treatments
The main advantages of undergoing immune deficiency treatment include:
- Improves the quality of your life.
- Prevent severe infection and diseases.
- Maintains healthy and normal functioning of organs.
- Increases your lifespan.
