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How to decrease high antibodies to get kidney transplant?
What’s an effective way to get antibodies down to receive a kidney transplant
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@telvin74, some people who need an organ transplant may have high antibodies. This usually happens if a person has been exposed to foreign tissue types, perhaps during pregnancy or if they have had a blood transfusion or an organ transplant. This is called highly sensitized.
It sounds like you might be in that category. Here is an article from Mayo Clinicthat talks about medications used to reduce antibody-caused rejection and an antibody filtering process called a plasma exchange. Read more here
- Lowering rejection in organ transplant https://www.mayoclinic.org/lowering-rejection-organ-transplant/vid-20097434
Telvin, are you currently listed for kidney transplantation?
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