The Catalan health authorities have cry specific for the people to provide blood plasma and get the name Golden Challenge, what accomplishes the 50,000 donation every year in 2025, to ensure the treatment of thousands of patients with defense problems in Catalonia.
According to the data Blood and Tissue Bank of Catalonia, To date, 7,770 blood donations have been received out of the 50,000 required to complete the challenge.
he is After 2023, 27,759 donations were recordedwhich represented an increase of 30% compared to the previous year (21,692), but still enough to cover the needs in Catalonia.
For become a plasma donor You must be between 18 and 70 years old, weigh more than 50 kilos, be in good health and, in the case of women, not be pregnant. Since plasma is mostly water, revival It is very fast and donations can be made every fifteen days and up to 24 times a year, according to sources from the Blood and Tissue Bank, according to Efe this Sunday.
Starting tomorrow, the 22nd, and coinciding with the World Primary Immunity Week, which will be celebrated until Friday the 28th, the Blood and Blood Bank of Maine has made a special appeal to triple plasma donations with special daily campaigns.
it is contributions They will be added to those made in the three blood donation centers located in the hospital centers where you can usually donate, throughout Catalonia.
The thousand in a week
The goal is to reach a thousand donations over the next week and contribute to the long distance race to reach 50,000 in 2025, which is necessary to guarantee treatments for many patients.
Thousands of people need plasma to survive, especially those who suffer from Immunodeficiency, a group of some 400 diseases various rare diseases which, together, may affect one in every 2,000 patients.
These diseases usually show a congenital (birth) change that affects the body’s immune function.
This change makes the boy or girl who has a insincerity primary infections predispose to more infections, whether more serious or caused by rare germs.
In Catalonia, the reference center for the treatment of these diseases is the Infectious Infectious Pathology and Immunoefficiencies Unit of the Hebron Valley Hospital in Barcelona, which was created in 1996 by the pediatrician Pere Soler and where 1,300 patients, including children and adults, are currently being followed.
Patients are also treated in the Clinical Immunology and Primary Immunology Unit of the Sant Joan de Déu Hospitalin Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) and in the Hospital Clinic, which cares for about 500 patients between them.
As a fourth specialized centre, the Action Unit for Fundamental Immunity in Adults (UFIPA), of Bellvitge Hospitalin L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), which cares for about 150 patients.
Immunoglobulins
The treatment of this type of disease is mainly made from immunoglobulins (IpG), which are defenses obtained from plasma and which are a tool for the immune system to protect itself against viruses or infections, such as example.
Currently, in Catalonia there are only plasma donors to obtain 39% of the necessary immunoglobulins, so plasma donations would have to triple to cover this request.
People who are interested in donating plasma can contact the Blood and Tissue Bank if they have any questions by calling 93 557 36 30 or by filling in a form on the website web donarsang.gencat.cat/plasma.
2024-04-21 15:59:31
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