Everyone knows that the physical health of pregnant women is very important. Once a woman falls ill during pregnancy, it may have a great impact on the fetus. However, if left untreated, it can also cause significant harm to the pregnant woman's own body. In order to solve this dilemma, pregnancy immunotherapy has emerged. So what does pregnancy immunotherapy mean?
There are two types of immunotherapy: active immunotherapy and passive immunotherapy.
1. Active immunization: using lymphocytes from the husband/unrelated third party to administer intradermal immunization to patients, with the aim of inducing the production of various antibodies such as blocking antibodies.
Treatment characteristics: slow effect, long maintenance time, lack of specific indicators to monitor treatment efficacy.
Disadvantages of treatment: Not suitable for timely treatment of patients with immune abnormalities after pregnancy, as the effect is slow.
2. Passive immunity: using intravenous infusion of immunoglobulin C to reduce cytotoxic T cell toxicity and quantity, increase immunosuppressive T cell function and quantity, reduce natural killer cell quantity and toxicity, regulate cytokine balance, control immune inflammation, etc.
Treatment characteristics: fast effect, short maintenance time, and complete metabolism in 2-3 weeks in the body. Disadvantages of treatment: expensive price and side effects such as allergies, fever, nausea, muscle pain, and headaches.
The method for monitoring the effectiveness of passive immunotherapy involves measuring changes in the levels of toxic and inflammatory factors such as T cells, natural killer cells, and cytokines.
The above is the answer to what pregnancy immunotherapy means. Although pregnancy immunotherapy is a common treatment in modern medicine, it still has two sides, both advantages and disadvantages. I hope that women during pregnancy can treat pregnancy immunotherapy correctly and take good care of their bodies in a timely manner.
