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Liver Transplant (Expert Forum)
cirrhosis
Answered by
Thomas D Schiano, MD - Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Liver Transplantation, Hepatology
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York - NY
Questions posted in the Liver Transplant . Forum are answered by medical professionals from The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
Doctor's Answer
Member Comments (5)
by zuni, Jun 05, 2009 08:51AM
To: Thomas D Schiano
The newsI have here In Australia is Hep c prevents a patient with Cirrhosis from a liver Transplant because the Hep C destroys the liver in about a year is this not so thank you Zuni
by Thomas D Schiano, MD, Jun 06, 2009 01:23PM
, Jun 06, 2009 01:23PM
HCV come back with a vengance after liver transplantation but only in a minority of cases. 505 of people will develop cirrhosis within 10 years.
by zuni, Jun 07, 2009 01:27AM
To: DR Schiano
Question.What do loving Parents do,after knocking themselves out to help their 45year old Daughter in every way possible ,spending hours on end in Emergency Wards with that Daughter ,then to find out that Daughter has been making herself very sick by taking too much Spirolactone and Frusamide secretly to try and be free of the fluid on her ankles ,consequently ending up in needless Emergency situations and we her parents totally distraught ,and the Daughter could not care less for the Drama and upset she has caused us ,we cannot even tell her off for this con job she has been pulling on us or she snaps at us ,so we have to just grin and bare it .It is all getting too much ,What if anything can we do ,Her Dad is 78years old I am 69 .Thank you Zuni
by Thomas D Schiano, MD, Jun 08, 2009 10:45AM
, Jun 08, 2009 10:45AM
i am sorry to hear this. This behavior should definitely call into question her potential liver transplant candidacy.
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