IVIG: Susceptibility to Corona Virus
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Does anyone have any substantiated data on how receiving IVIG treatments for CIDP affects our susceptibility to the Corona Virus?
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This is on the gbs-cidp site
A statement from the GBS|CIDP Foundation regarding the COVID-19
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A few more Coronavirus articles:
A Statement from Executive Director, Lisa Butler, with regard to COVID-19 and Planning Ahead
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I am not on IVIG, however, I am on Cellcept and used to take Prednisone, both weaken the immune system. I was cleared to go back to work a couple of weeks ago and was expecting to start up again in late April. Lucky me during the middle of a pandemic!
So I learned that if I get the coronavirus that I would likely be in serious trouble. So now I have to thread a needle between the decision of staying home and likely not getting paid and going to work. Talking to my doctor, we are discussing now about stopping medication all together so that if I got infected, I could beat the virus.
So this will put me at risk of having CIDP symptoms returning. Maybe I’ll be lucky and find my case to be in remission? Lots of scary unknowns out there ahead. I hope everyone here stays safe. We are immunocompromised and we cannot forget this.
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A new video from the National Health Council webinar on Covid-19:
Coronavirus Preparedness For People With Chronic Diseases: What Do Caregivers Need to Know?
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I believe I may be at elevated risk due to my CIDP-caused breathing respiratory problems as well as my ongoing chronic CIDP condition. I am wondering whether CIDP patients on SCIG IgG (like myself) have a higher than average protection against covid-19 due to the infusions. (IgG provides the majority of antibody-based immunity against invading pathogens). I decided to add this COVID-19 webpage to CIDPlog about how I am coping with the added burden of Covid-19 coronavirus on CIDP.
Editor CIDPlog.com
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