Condition Lookup
Category:
Immunotherapy
Number of Conditions: 1
Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) Therapy
Specialty: Hematology
Category: Immunotherapy
Symptoms:
fever; fatigue; rash; nausea; muscle aches (side effects of ivig administration)
Root Cause:
Utilized to modulate the immune response or replace deficient antibodies in immune-mediated conditions or primary immunodeficiencies.
How it's Diagnosed: videos
Indications based on clinical presentations such as immune thrombocytopenia, Kawasaki disease, or primary immunodeficiency; laboratory confirmation of low immunoglobulin levels.
Treatment:
Intravenous infusion of pooled immunoglobulins from healthy donors; dose and frequency vary depending on the condition.
Medications:
Immunoglobulin preparations (e.g., Gammagard , Privigen , Octagam ).
Prevalence:
How common the health condition is within a specific population.
Widely used in clinical practice for various immune-mediated and immunodeficient conditions.
Risk Factors:
Factors or behaviors that increase the likelihood of developing the condition.
Autoimmune diseases, genetic immunodeficiencies, or secondary immunosuppression.
Prognosis:
The expected outcome or course of the condition over time.
Often effective in managing immune-mediated conditions or replacing deficient antibodies.
Complications:
Additional problems or conditions that may arise as a result of the original condition.
Allergic reactions, thromboembolism, renal dysfunction, aseptic meningitis.