WM hyper viscosity issue

[cityslickers]

Has anyone had a “plasma pherisis” proceedure done? Is it a painful or ok To deal with.

[migirlusa]

I don’t know. Years ago I did apheresis to donate platelets to a lady with leukemia. It wasn’t painful. It just took awhile.

Pam

[Jm954 Administrator]

Hiya, it’s barely more painful than a blood test but you will be attached to the machine for several hours whilst it removes your plasma and the excessive amounts of IgM protein.

[cityslickers in reply to Jm954]

Thank you. I have been told by people that they use large bore needles and put them in odd places for removal and reentry of blood

[Jm954 Administrator in reply to cityslickers]

Yes they do use large needles but if you’ve got good venous access in your arms they will use those. You might feel the needle ‘drag’ on your skin a bit as it goes in but it shouldn’t hurt any more than usual. They are the same as used for blood donation.