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An Overview of Liver Transplant

Individuals diagnosed with irreversible acute or chronic liver disease serve as the best candidates for liver transplantation

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An Overview of Liver Transplant

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  1. An Overview of Liver Transplantation: What is a liver transplant, Signs and Symptoms , Who is a Potential Donor and Recipient, Benefits and Side-Effects and Risks

  2. Introduction

  3. Liver transplantation is a procedure in which the diseased liver (of the recipient) is replaced with a fresh one (of the donor).

  4. Being time-consuming and demanding, liver transplantation procedure is only performed on patients with liver failure or end-stage liver disease.

  5. Reasons for Liver Transplantation The need of the liver transplant arises in patients with liver failure. A variety of liver disorders can result in liver failure. Some of the most common liver diseases are: 1. Acute hepatitis (an inflammation in the liver tissue)- Viral hepatitis, hepatitis A, B, C, D, & autoimmune hepatitis. 2. Fatty liver disease (large vacuoles of fat build-up in liver cells leading to dysfunction)

  6. Reasons for Liver Transplantation 3. Cirrhosis -scarring of the liver caused due to long-term damage. 4. Cancer (caused when hepatitis, cirrhosis etc. aggravates)-Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), hepatoblastoma, Cholangiocarcinoma. 5. Drug-induced liver issues: Intake of prescription, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, various types of herbal supplements, vitamins, and dietary supplements such as acetaminophen, Tylenol, and others for a long period of time can stop the liver to function normally.

  7. • Immune (defense) System abnormalities & Genetic (hereditary) Abnormalities: Due to disorders such as autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, and more, the immune system of the body begins to attack parts of the body including liver. • Over consumption of alcohol and other reasons such as metabolic problems.

  8. Signs and Symptoms • • • • • • • • • • Skin and eyes appear yellowish (jaundice) Bleeding and bruising Swelling in the legs and ankles Extreme Tiredness abdominal pain, Itchy skin, Dark urine color, Pale stool color, or bloody or tar-colored stool, Nausea or vomiting, and loss of appetite.

  9. Who can be the recipient? Individuals diagnosed with irreversible acute or chronic liver disease serve as the best candidates for liver transplantation. This decision is made by the surgeon and associated doctor purely on the basis of screening examinations and respective diagnostic procedures.

  10. Who Cannot be a Recipient There are a few conditions that disqualifies an individual from being added on the recipient list; such absolute contradictions can be caused if the concerned patient is suffering from AIDS, metastatic cancer, chronic active infection, active substance abuse, advanced heart or lung disease, and chronic form of a liver disease coupled with serious alcohol abuse.

  11. Who can be a Donor To ensure the best results, two types of donor namely “diseased donor” and a “living donor” can be used in executing a liver transplantation process. While the liver attained from a diseased donor (someone who has died) is used to perform the procedure on adult recipients, in particular, liver derived from the living donor is used to perform the surgery on younger patients.

  12. Who cannot be a donor? People suffering from a range of health conditions including, liver disease, diabetes, heart disease, or cancer fail to qualify.

  13. Benefits of Liver Transplant • The life of the patient, who has undergone this surgery, increases. After the transplant, he or she can lead a normal, healthy and an active lifestyle in no time. • The recovery period is lower; adhere to the strict guidelines, and routine checkups instructed by the surgeon or operating doctor. Also, one should take anti-rejection medications religiously.

  14. Common Side-Effects of Liver Transplant Due to intake of drugs that treat or prevent rejection, side-effects like fluid retention, raised blood pressure, headaches, diarrhea, and nausea can occur.

  15. Risks Factors such as heavy alcohol use, injection of drugs using shared needles, tattoos or body piercings, blood transfusion before 1992, exposure to other people's blood and body fluids, and harmful chemicals or toxins, unprotected sex, presence of health conditions like Diabetes, obesity can put enhance the risks of liver disease in the body.

  16. Contact Us - Address:- 706, Pearl Business Park, Netaji Subhash Place, Pitampura, New Delhi, Delhi – 110034 Email ID:- wecare@medmonks.com Website:-https://medmonks.com/liver-transplant-india Contact no:- +917683088559

  17. THANK YOU!!!!

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