Blood transfusion therapy for skin diseases

The treatment of skin diseases is a problem that plagues the medical community all over the world. So far, there are many methods for treating skin diseases, and blood transfusion therapy is one of them. Exchange transfusion is a treatment method in which blood is drawn from a peripheral artery and simultaneously infused into a peripheral vein.

Most people believe that the cause of skin diseases is in the blood. Especially in traditional Chinese medicine, blood problems are often regarded as the main direction of skin disease treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the onset of skin diseases is related to blood heat, blood deficiency, blood stasis, and blood dryness. There is blood toxin in the blood of patients with skin diseases, and the treatment is also to eliminate the blood toxin. According to this statement, using blood exchange therapy to treat skin diseases will be effective.

Exchange transfusion therapy is an important measure to save the life of children with severe hemolysis. Through exchange transfusion, sensitized red blood cells and immune antibodies in the serum can be replaced to prevent continued hemolysis; bilirubin can be reduced to prevent nuclear jaundice; anemia caused by hemolysis can be corrected to prevent hypoxia and heart failure.

In fact, this treatment for skin disease does not work. Exchange transfusion therapy is mainly used for neonatal hemolytic disease. Skin diseases such as skin diseases are not suitable for exchange transfusion therapy. The basic principle of blood exchange therapy is to utilize the different specific gravities of formed elements and plasma in the blood, separate the plasma by centrifugation, and exchange it to remove harmful components in the plasma that are related to the pathogenesis, thereby alleviating symptoms and alleviating the condition. The lesions of skin diseases appear on the surface of the skin, but they are comprehensive skin diseases that damage multiple systems, such as immune dysfunction and metabolic disorders.

Blood exchange therapy may work, but it will not change the patient's susceptibility constitution, nor can it stabilize the susceptibility genes for skin diseases, so this therapy should be used with caution. It is recommended that patients with skin diseases use traditional Chinese medicine as it is safer, has fewer side effects and is less likely to recur.