chronic lver cirrhosis at 35 confused

[rupok]

hi
last 24.08.10 at mid night i vomited blood about half a bucket and immidiately got hospitalized, there the doctor treated me to stop vomit and given antibiotic and saline to keep the temp and blood pressure well.later in the morning i had to take two bags of blood immidiately as i vomitted a lot of blood.they diagnosed me with andoscopy and ultrasonography. by andoscopy they have done ligation, which means taking care of the blood veinsleaking blood inside my stomach to restrict coming of more blood in the intestine.by ultrasonography they were sure of my liver cirrohis. later they did several blood tests by which they confirmed that my cirrhosis wasnt due to hepatic.that is

1.i m not diabetic

2.i m not infected by hepatitis b or c

3.i dnt hv any high blood pressure

They said cirrhosis is at chronic stage, so they cant do any biopsy which is risky for me.therefore my belly is now swelling with water, which gives a pain inside and a very duisturbing sitution.

the doctor said i need a liver transplantation.


i would like to know people and share their experiences with me those who had the same situation like me. at the moment i m very confused abt myslf tht in bangladesh there is a very few scope for survival. i m willing to get treatment either bangkok or india.I need to know do i realy need a liver transplantation?or i can hv alternative. any help would be most appreciated.

thankx

[Thomas D Schiano, MD]

you have portal hypertension which may be able to be taken care of by medication, endoscopy and TIPS, short of liver transplantation, even in the setting of cirrhosis.  There are many liver transplant centers in India that are performing large numbers of live donor transplants.

[rod624]

I do not know if you need a liver transplant-only liver consultants can tell you.If you do think a transplant is required,I can offer a little advice,for initially,I was in a similar situation.Thailand (Bangkok) are only allowed to carry out cadaver liver transplants on Thai people-It may be different if you have a relative who wishes to donate part of their liver to you.I found that India seemed the most hopeful-in particular the Global Hospital in Hyderabad or Chennai,where they have established liver transplant programmes,but if accepted for transplant you have to pay-you can seach for their website on google and then you can either telephone them from where you are in Bangladesh,or send them an email.