At the Research Institute of Emergency Medicine. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine told reporters about the plasma of a coronavirus patient, which helps many to recover. And what it takes to become a donor. Three days before the donation of plasma, those who have had coronavirus and who have antibodies to it cannot eat meat, fish, sweets, a whole list of prohibitions, and pass the necessary tests. The amount of antibodies should be at least 40-50 units. "Any capable citizen from 18 to 55 years old who has no contraindications to donation can become a donor," said Alexander Kostin, head of the transfusiology department at the Research Institute. Only plasma is taken from the donor - 600-650 milliliters. Although it is still an experimental treatment, it is already yielding results. "In some patients, it works in the first six to eight hours, in some during the first three days," Kostin explained. A fairly large percentage of those infected after the procedure recovers. There are practically no restrictions for the donor after donating the plasma, you just do not have to physically strain too much and visit the sauna that day. Murashko instructed to send doctors to the regions to help in the fight against COVID-19.
