According to the Department of Health (2011) immunoglobulin injections or infusions are used to treat patients with a wide range of immune deficiency disorders. These include
According to the University of Maryland Medical Centre (2017) immunoglobulins can also be used
Some people, such as Gupta et al (2010), believe that a subset of autistic individuals may have defective immune systems and that these defective immune systems cause or worsen the symptoms of autism and related conditions.
Red cell aplasia (condition characterised by a decrease in the number of red blood cells); Guillain-Barré syndrome (condition in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system); haematological (concerning blood); Kawasaki disease (condition that causes swelling of the blood vessels of the heart); thymoma (tumour that affects the thymus gland).