Method for treatment diseases associated with a deterioration of the macrocirculation, microcirculation and organ perfusion

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the effective treatment of diseases associated with a deterioration of the macrocirculation, microcirculation and organ perfusion to achieve an improvement of the local environment and the metabolic situation and to aim at the improvement of organ function or the stabilization of organ function with imminent functional deterioration, which comprises the treatment of blood of patients by extracorporeal plasmapheresis techniques.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method of treating ischemia of a foot in a subject diagnosed with diabetic ischemia of the foot, comprising the steps of withdrawing blood from the subject, treating the blood by plasmapheresis, and reinfusing the treated blood into the subject, thereby treating the diabetic ischemia of the foot.