JaimeS
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Okay, this is weird. I had a physician tell me that if I had IgA deficiency, there was nothing he could do about it.
Note: he did not treat IgA deficiency as 'not a big deal' -- he specifically stated that I would have more gut and respiratory infections than other people, and that those infections would be persistent... then stared at my low-ish IgG values as though he could decrease them a unit or two by the power of his will alone.
Then I went online and immediately saw that there are IgA infusions!
Then I found several articles on pubmed chiming in that there is 'no treatment' for IgA deficiency... again, while taking it very seriously as a condition!
The contradiction seems really odd. Is anyone informed enough on the matter to comment? Might it be that IgA infusions do exist but they are still considered 'experimental' and insurance won't pay for them? Are they not effective in the long term? (Are they not effective at all?) Do people have severe immune reactions to them?
Thanks guys, I always appreciate what a font of knowledge PR is!
-J
Note: he did not treat IgA deficiency as 'not a big deal' -- he specifically stated that I would have more gut and respiratory infections than other people, and that those infections would be persistent... then stared at my low-ish IgG values as though he could decrease them a unit or two by the power of his will alone.
Then I went online and immediately saw that there are IgA infusions!
Then I found several articles on pubmed chiming in that there is 'no treatment' for IgA deficiency... again, while taking it very seriously as a condition!
The contradiction seems really odd. Is anyone informed enough on the matter to comment? Might it be that IgA infusions do exist but they are still considered 'experimental' and insurance won't pay for them? Are they not effective in the long term? (Are they not effective at all?) Do people have severe immune reactions to them?
Thanks guys, I always appreciate what a font of knowledge PR is!
-J