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Treatments for Selective IgA Deficiency

Contents

Selective IgA Deficiency: Introduction
Treatment list for Selective IgA Deficiency
Discussion of treatments for Selective IgA Deficiency
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Selective IgA Deficiency: Introduction

Treatments for Selective IgA Deficiency

The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Selective IgA Deficiency includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

Symptomatic and supportive
Treating infections

Selective IgA Deficiency: Is the Diagnosis Correct?

The first step in getting correct treatment is to get a correct diagnosis. Differential diagnosis list for Selective IgA Deficiency may include:

Discussion of treatments for Selective IgA Deficiency:

There is no specific treatment for selective IgA deficiency. Doctors treat bacterial infections with antibiotics, and patients with giardiasis (an infection caused by a common intestinal parasite receive metronidazole or quinacrine hydrochloride. (Source: excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

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Treatments of Selective IgA Deficiency: Online Medical Books

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IgA deficiency: Treatment
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Selective IgA deficiency has no known cure. Treatment aims to control symptoms of associated diseases, such as respiratory and GI infections, and is generally the same as for a patient with normal IgA.

ALERT Don’t give an IgA-deficient patient immune globulin (IV Ig) because sensitization may lead to anaphylaxis during future administration of blood products.

If transfusion with blood products is necessary, minimize the risk of adverse reaction by using washed red blood cells or avoid the reaction completely by crossmatching the patient’s blood with that of an IgA-deficient donor.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005