Primary Immunodeficiency Specialists in Karnataka

Treatment & Types of Primary Immunodeficiency in Karnataka

Treatment depends on the specific defect and may include regular immunoglobulin replacement therapy to provide antibodies the body cannot produce, prophylactic antibiotics to prevent infections, and in severe cases, bone marrow or stem cell transplantation to restore normal immune function. Prompt and aggressive treatment of infections is essential given the impaired ability to fight them naturally.

Primary immunodeficiencies are grouped by which part of the immune system is affected: antibody deficiencies, the most common group, where the body cannot make enough functional antibodies; combined immunodeficiencies, involving both T-cell and B-cell dysfunction, including severe combined immunodeficiency, which is life-threatening in infancy without treatment; phagocyte defects, affecting the cells that engulf and destroy pathogens; and complement deficiencies, affecting proteins that help antibodies and phagocytes clear infections. Severity ranges widely across these more than 400 recognized disorders, from mild forms causing only occasional infections to severe forms requiring transplantation in infancy.