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HEP C and transplant
My Meld score has jumped around from 15 to 7 to 9 etc. It seems it will be a while before I would be a candidate for a transplant. Why not receive treatment now for my HEP C so when the day comes for a transplant it would not effect the new liver?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
i completely agree. We try if at all possible to treat all of our HCV patients who are on the waiting list, especially with such a MELD score, unless there are mitigating factors such as low platelets.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
....as long as the platelets are above 50-60,000 it should be OK. They typically drop by half with interferon.
I do have historically low platelets. Does this proclude me from treating the HEP C?
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