What You Need to Know About IVIG Therapy for Kawasaki Disease 2025

Dr. Alex Villa-Forte, Staff Physician at the Center for Vasculitis Care and Research at the Cleveland Clinic, reviews the treatment, IVIG. The treatment has been approved for us for Kawasaki disease. She discusses how IVIG works, possible side effects/risks, and what we have learned about this drug over the last few years. 0:00 2:05 What is IVIG? 4:34 What does IVIG do? 6:20 Possible side effects and risks. 7:26 Who can be treated with IVIG? 8:47 What have we learned about IVIG since we started using it for Kawasaki disease? 11:10 What is the dosing frequency for IVIG? 13:19 Why hasn’t the FDA approved IVIG for other forms of vasculitis? 16:05 Was IVIG used during COVID? What you need to know about IVIG Therapy July 2025 Visit the Vasculitis Foundation (www.vasculitisfoundation.org).