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Deepam Meditours: Understanding Liver Transplants for End-Stage Disease

Learn about the liver, its vital functions, symptoms necessitating liver transplant, and diseases that may lead to transplant. Discover the process of liver transplantation, donor liver usage, and how to seek expert advice.

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Deepam Meditours: Understanding Liver Transplants for End-Stage Disease

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  1. Deepam Meditours (Medical Tourism Company)

  2. What is a Liver? • Liver is the largest organ in the body located on the right side behind the rib cage.  • The Liver holds 13% of the body’s blood supply. • It performs several important functions of the body viz. convert food into energy, regulating blood clotting, making bile, and breaking down toxic substances such as drugs and alcohol.  • It acts as a filter, removing impurities from the blood.

  3. Symptoms for Liver Transplant • Itching • Increasedtendency To Bleed • Forgetfulness And Confusion • Abnormal storage of fluid known as Ascites in the abdomen area. • Blood in Vomit • Gray colored Stools • Dark Colored Urine (tea colored)  • Jaundice !! Seek Help !! Talk to us : +91-9810085065

  4. Diseases that may Progress to Liver Transplant • Acute hepatic necrosis When tissue in liver becomes dead. • Biliary Duct AtresiaAbsent or abnormally developed bile duct. • Metabolic disease. Conditions that affect the chemical activity in cells that are affected by the liver. • Liver cancer. Tumor developed inside the liver. • Autoimmune hepatitis. Liver cell damage and destruction due to chronic inflammation in liver.

  5. What is Liver Transplant? • Liver transplantation is a viable treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. • A liver transplant is a surgical process in which the diseased liver is replaced with a healthy liver. • It is the second most commonly transplanted major organ after kidney. Would you like Free Opinion from Our Expert – It doesn’t cost you anything… info@deepammeditours.com

  6. What Percentage of Donor Liver is Used? • If the Live Donor Liver Transplant recipient is a child, only a portion of the left part of the liver is removed from the donor: about 25% of the donor's total liver. • If the Live Donor Liver Transplant recipient is an adult, a larger portion of the liver needs to be removed from the donor, usually the right portion of the liver: about 60% of the donor's total liver.

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