Ask the Doctor: IgA low and COVID risk

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Question

After years of CLL, including five courses of therapy, I am in remission but I have low IgA levels… hovering around 13. I imagine this is true for many CLL patients. Given Covid-19 is a respiratory illness, does this increase the risk of a serious and/or life-threatening clinical course?

Answer

Here is the answer from Dr. Furman.

We don’t have any data regarding what contribution individual immunoglobulins or cellular function contributes to the overall immunodeficiency.