Need info on rare disease?!


Question: My mother was diagnosed with a rare disease that affects 1 out of every 100,000 people. Started as upper respriatory infection that spread to her blood? They said they might need to wash her blood? The name of it was ferrat... something. Just know the first word sounded like ferret.


Answers: My mother was diagnosed with a rare disease that affects 1 out of every 100,000 people. Started as upper respriatory infection that spread to her blood? They said they might need to wash her blood? The name of it was ferrat... something. Just know the first word sounded like ferret.

I'm sorry to hear about your mom. Washing the blood like you describe is called plasmapheresis, also called plasma exchange. The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives this definition:

"Main Entry: plas



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