>>92288724Ironmouse has CVID, a genetically-caused immune condition where her body doesn't produce antibodies. Antibodies are not the white blood cells that attack infections, rather they attach to infections so her white blood cells know what to attack. Without the antibodies attaching, her white blood cells sit around and do nothing.
When Ironmouse receives an infusion of donated plasma, the antibodies contained within the plasma attach to all the infections they can, and her white blood cells get to work attacking the recent build-up of common everyday infections. This means that all at once she feels the response of a working immune system.
So, why is she sick all the time? Two reasons:
- the unchecked infections themselves causing negative effects between plasma treatments
- her body taking on those infections all at once once she gets her treatments, instead of like how healthy people do: little bits, day-by-day as they occur.
