2017, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp 50 – 53

Pathophysiological changes of inflammatory syndrome in multiple sclerosis after instituting therapeutic plasmapheresis

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Correspondence to: Bălăeţ Constantin, MD, PhD, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom, Phone: +44121 4143344, E-mail: frasingorj@yahoo.ro

Abstract

In autoimmune conditions affecting the central and peripheral CNS as well as in multiple sclerosis (MS), the inflammatory syndrome is present with the onset of this disease. The present paper aimed to highlight the inflammatory syndrome based on the leukergia test, the total blood viscosity test, blood filterability test as well as on other tests. The early instituting of the therapeutic plasmapheresis beneficially modified the clinical status, the biological and pathophysiological behavior of the patient’s illness.

Objective of the paper: The aim was to highlight the importance, advantages, and pathophysiological changes after therapeutic plasmapheresis in five cases, in patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.

Material and method: In order to emphasize the inflammatory syndrome, the determination of leukergia assay, the total blood viscosity test and the blood filterability test were added to regular examinations, conducted on the batch of patients included in the study.

Results and discussions: As a result of using therapeutic plasmapheresis, the inflammatory parameters in patients with multiple sclerosis improved beneficially as it was proven by the values of inflammatory tests before and after plasmapheresis.

Conclusions: In the treatment of multiple sclerosis, plasmapheresis proved to be a medical method that significantly reduced autoimmune inflammatory “installed” syndrome.

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PMC ID: 5304373
PubMed ID: 28255377
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Article Publishing Date (print): Jan-Mar 2017
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ISSN Printing: 1844-122X
ISSN Online: 1844-3117
Journal Title: Journal of Medicine and Life

Copyright License: Open Access

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