How is autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy treated?

How is autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy treated?

AAG is so rare that healthcare providers don’t have standardized treatment for it. Usually, your treatment plan focuses on symptom management.

Your healthcare provider may use a combination of approaches, including:

• Plasma exchange (plasmapheresis): A process of drawing blood, removing harmful cells from plasma and returning blood to your body.
• Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy: Giving your body extra immunoglobulin, a part of plasma with disease-fighting properties.
• Intravenous corticosteroids: Taking high doses of inflammation-reducing steroids, such as methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol®) or hydrocortisone (Solu-Cortef®), through an IV.
• Immunosuppressive medications: Immunosuppressants such as rituximab (Rituxan®) that reduce your immune system’s effects on healthy body systems.