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Immunoglobulin therapy is the use of a mixture of antibodies (normal human immunoglobulin) to treat several health conditions. [23] [24] These conditions include primary immunodeficiency, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Kawasaki disease, certain cases of HIV/AIDS and measles, Guillain–Barré syndrome, and certain other infections when a ...
IVIG - IVIG stands for Intravenous Immunoglobulin. It is used in cases of previous loss, high maternal titers, known aggressive antibodies, and in cases where religion prevents blood transfusion. Ivig can be more effective than IUT alone. [24] Fetal mortality was reduced by 36% in the IVIG and IUT group than in the IUT alone group.
Strategies for clinical management tend to be broadly based on anti-inflammatory medications, treatment of shock, and prevention of thrombosis. [66] Most children have received immunomodulatory treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). [68] [50] [15] IVIG has been reported target IL-1β+ neutrophils and their activation in the affected ...
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (aka Essential Medicines List for Children [1] or EMLc [1]), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe in children up to twelve years of age to meet the most important needs in a health system.
Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease is a rare genetic periodic fever syndrome which causes uncontrolled inflammation in multiple parts of the body starting in the newborn period. Symptoms include skin rashes, severe arthritis, and chronic meningitis leading to neurologic damage.
Hemolytic disease of the newborn, also known as hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, HDN, HDFN, or erythroblastosis fetalis, [1] [2] is an alloimmune condition that develops in a fetus at or around birth, when the IgG molecules (one of the five main types of antibodies) produced by the mother pass through the placenta.
Ear infections (otitis media) are the most common infection seen in autoimmune neutropenia and typically infection responds to antibiotic treatment alone. Infections associated with primary AIN are usually mild and limited, including skin infections such as impetigo , gastroenteritis , upper respiratory tract infections, and ear infections.
Nonpharmacological interventions are usually prioritized for the treatment of infants with NAS, but for those experiencing severe opioid withdrawal then the use of medications is to be considered. [29] Medications are used to minimize clinical signs of withdrawal including fever, seizures, and weight loss or dehydration. [33]