Organ Transplants

For artificial limbs, there is often irritation or damage to soft tissue where the limb attaches to the existing bones and muscles. Cushioning and a proper fit reduce this problem.

For artificial organs, tissue adjacent to the implants must be isolated from the devices by Teflon, plastics, or other non-degradable coatings, as otherwise the body will attack and corrode them.

For transplanted organs, this is not possible, so anti-rejection drugs are administered to prevent the immune system from treating the organs as foreign bodies.

Liver cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the cells of the liver, a vital organ that performs numerous essential functions such as filtering toxins from the blood, aiding in digestion, and storing nutrients.

Causes

Chronic Infections: Chronic hepatitis B and C infections are major risk factors, as they can lead to cirrhosis, a condition that significantly increases the risk of liver cancer.

Cirrhosis: Long-term liver damage, often due to alcohol abuse, hepatitis, or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, leads to scarring (cirrhosis), which heightens cancer risk.

Aflatoxin Exposure: Consuming foods contaminated with aflatoxins, toxins produced by certain molds on crops like peanuts and corn, can contribute to liver cancer.

Genetic Disorders: Certain inherited liver diseases such as hemochromatosis and Wilson’s disease increase the risk of liver cancer.

Symptoms

Unexplained Weight Loss: Sudden, unintentional weight loss can be a symptom of liver cancer.

Loss of Appetite: A decreased appetite and feeling full quickly are common symptoms.

Upper Abdominal Pain: Persistent pain or discomfort on the right side of the upper abdomen.

Nausea and Vomiting: Frequent nausea and vomiting may occur.

General Weakness and Fatigue: Constant tiredness and weakness.

Swelling and Jaundice: Swelling in the abdomen and jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes).

Diagnosis

Imaging Tests: Ultrasound, CT scans, and MRIs help in visualizing the liver and detecting tumors.

Blood Tests: Tests for liver function and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), a marker often elevated in liver cancer patients.

Biopsy: Removing a small sample of liver tissue for microscopic examination to confirm cancer.

Treatment

Surgery: Options include partial hepatectomy (removal of part of the liver) or liver transplant.

Localized Treatments: Techniques such as radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, and embolization target tumors without extensive surgery.

Radiation Therapy: High-energy beams are used to kill cancer cells.

Targeted Drug Therapy: Medications that target specific aspects of cancer cells to stop their growth.

Immunotherapy: Boosts the body’s natural defenses to fight cancer.

Prevention and Management

Vaccination: Vaccination against hepatitis B can significantly reduce the risk of liver cancer.

Lifestyle Changes: Reducing alcohol intake, managing weight, and maintaining a healthy diet.

Regular Screening: For those at high risk, regular screening can help detect liver cancer early, improving treatment outcomes.

For those seeking liver cancer treatment in Hyderabad, consulting with specialized healthcare providers who offer advanced and personalized treatment plans is crucial. This ensures access to the latest treatment options and comprehensive care to manage and overcome liver cancer effectively.

Organs that can be currently replaced with transplantation surgery include the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, and small intestine. In some cases, tissues like corneas, skin, bone marrow, and heart valves can also be transplanted. Advances in medical technology continue to expand the list of possible organ transplants.

orgns are preserved because other persons will make use of it that's why it's preserved.

Disadvantages:

Rejection

Antigens on the surfaces of cells in animal organs are drastically different from human antigens, rendering them very easily recognized and targeted by the immune system, leading to organ necrosis and rejection. This rejection may be mitigated by immunosuppressants but this would mean that the patient will have to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of their lives and live with an increased risk for infections due to immunosuppression.

Physiological differences between species

Physiological differences between humans and the animal species means that the animal organ may not be designed to perform the same function that it does in humans or it performs the function to a different extent.

Disease

Certain diseases can cross the species barrier and infect the patient if the animal organ is not appropriately chosen.

Ethical

Certain patients may not wish to have animal organ transplants for religious, animal rights or other psychological concerns.

Advantages:

Availability

Animal organs, especially those from domesticated species (sheep, pig, dog, etc.) are easily accessible as these animals are easy to breed and their anatomies are well understood.

Cost

While no cost can be assigned to a human organ, an animal organ can be bought or sold at a price proportional to the animal's economic value.

Ethical

Animal transplantation is more justifiable than human organ trade.

The most commonly transplanted organs include kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, and pancreas. These organs are often transplanted to patients suffering from organ failure or life-threatening conditions.

Well, the huge disadvantage is that they do not work when used for animal-to-human transplantation (xenotransplantation), compared to allotransplantation (human-to-human).

The other main disadvantage is the risk of transmitting diseases from animals to humans.

Please see related link on xenotransplantation for further details.

It depends overall what country you live in. The u.s, have a larger population, has many more people on the waiting list than canada. It also depends how crucial your problem is. If you are about to die, then it is more likely that you will get put higher on the waiting list then others.

THE KIDNEY HAS THE LONGEST WAITING LIST Listed below is summary transplantation data for the entire United States, including the number of candidates currently on the waiting list, by organ type. You can also find totals for the number of transplants performed and donors recovered during the time periods specified below. Waiting list candidates as of 2/1/2008 11:53am All 98,204 , Kidney 74,500 , Pancreas 1,615 , Kidney/Pancreas 2,272 , Liver 16,565 , Intestine 226 , Heart 2,651 , Lung 2,163 , Heart/Lung 104 , All candidates will be less than the sum due to candidates waiting for multiple organs

The counseller/psychologist who sees you will generally be associated with the transplant unit at the hospital which intends to transplant you.

The recipients counselling session generally revolves around how they see their current life, what they'd like to improve and whether or not they consider that having a renal transplant would improve their life (i.e whether expectations are realistic but not pessimistic). It may also attempt to establish whether they have fully absorbed the prospect of having a transplant and whether they are psychologically able to deal with the trauma.

The donor's counselling is generally simpler and attempts to establish (and check) motives for donation. (The basic check being that there are not ulterior motives, including financial). It should also establish that the donor is psychologically fit for donation - i.e can cope with the potential trauma.

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It is rare, but it does happen that animal tissue is either implanted or used in such a way to replace an organ or machine temporarily to procure treatment or prolong survival. It is quite reasonable to assume that there is a much higher survival rate with human to human transplants than animal to human transplant, this is because the cells between humans are very similar however the cells from other species are drastically different.

There are many reasons why you should or should not use animal organs. One of the biggest dangers is that a virus would pass from animal to human much like a number of other viruses we have seen in the past.

The answer also depends on a certain factor. If the question was "Should humans use other animals for organ transplants now" it would have to be no. There are too many risks involved and not enough testing. When the first human transplants took place a lot of lives were saved but a lot more lives were lost due to the lack of information.

In the future however this may become a viable option, organs may be able to be taken from animals. The question you proposed though is 'should'.

This depends on the ethical concerns of taking something from someone else without permission, but an animal cannot give permission. One of the oldest philosophies in the world is to, "Eat what you Kill." That doesn't necessarily mean animals, it can also mean plants as well. If we were to use that philosophy, then as long as the animal didn't suffer and we consumed it, then there is no reason not to use the organ for transplant, in fact it would be more ethical to use the organ as it would last longer rather than eating it.

Animal rights however shouldn't be taken lightly, there are a lot of others out there who believe that animals should not be abused in this manner and there are a lot of points that could be made about this. For instance, animals are of lesser intelligence, would you take a favorite toy from a child merely because you wanted to play with it? Crude but the point is simple yet brings another point to the surface.

The question you'll really want to ask yourself is, "Is your life, worth more than the animals." Because eventually that is all this will boil down to.

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a bit more info...within the last week the 66 year old has developed jaundice, gall stones, internal bleeding from apparent ulcer and spiked bilirubin levels (when compared to tests 3 weeks ago for regular hep c blood screening). dr. declared cirrhosis and suggested transplant. will this effect probability of transplant?

On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky.

On avergage how many people in the United States will need an organ transplant? On average how many people in the world will need a organ transplant? Why is selling a organ illegal?

pneumonia and other infectious diseases; excessive bleeding; and liver disorders caused by blocked blood vessels. In addition, the new organ may be rejected

All organs have been successfully transplanted except the brain.

It depends. There are 2 sections of the liver that can be used for donation, the left lobe (40% of the liver) and the right lobe (60%). In a cadaver/deceased donor the doctors will usually give an adult transplant patient the whole liver. There have been cases where the left lobe, the smaller side, of a cadaver donor has been given to a child recipient and the right lobe went to an adult. There is also the case of living liver donation where a living person donates a section of their liver to a recipient. If the recipient is a child then the left lobe is donated, if the recipient is an adult it is the right lobe that is donated. For the living donor, their donated section of liver will grow back in about 3-8 weeks.

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Most limb and male genitalia transplants are considered unsuccessful. Either they reject, or the patient does not become psychologically used to having the graft. (Typically limb grafts have limited sensation due to nerve damage during surgery (it's inevitable). This also means that the graft may have limited movement.) Both of these reasons add up to the general experience of limb transplantation patients - they all seem to describe a feeling of the limb "not belonging to them".

Generally, transplants that are "visible" have a profound psychological impact upon the patient.

Testes are not commonly transplanted. Transplanted organs are usually only the organs that are absolutely vital for life, (e.g hearts, lungs, kidneys...) rather than non essentials such as arms, testes, large intestines... Also, a teste transplant would mean that the sperm was that of the donor, not the recipient.

You have a "transplant assessment" at a transplant hospital. It usually involves ultrasounds, blood tests, MRI's, EEG's, ECG's, psychological assessments and a chest x-ray. (But that depends on what transplant you need). If, at the end of all that you are considered a suitable candidate for a transplant, your name is added to the waiting list for a transplant by the hospital's transplant coordinator.