Rediscovering life after Advanced Liver Transplant Surgery in India

Posted by carin howard on January 22nd, 2020

Liver is the largest organ of the human body and plays an important role in digesting, absorbing and processing the food with the help of gall bladder and pancreas. Its main function is to filter the blood of the digestive tract before it is passed on to further organs of the body. The liver is also responsible for metabolism of drugs and detoxification of chemicals present in the body. A healthy liver thus is very much necessary to lead a normal life. However in some cases, the liver suffers from chronic or acute failure due to a disease or a severe injury that adversely affects the proper functioning of the liver. When any of such conditions of the liver do not respond to medications over a long time, the doctors recommend liver transplant surgery for the patient. A liver transplant is a surgical process in which a diseased liver is replaced by a healthy liver that is received from a deceased or living donor.

Need of a liver transplant

Maximum cases of liver transplant are performed for patients who are suffering From liver cirrhosis. It is a condition which causes malfunction of the liver due to a long term injury. In such condition the healthy tissues of the liver are replaced by scar tissues that prevent smooth flow of blood through the liver. Autoimmune liver diseases, Consumption of alcohol, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C viruses, accumulation of fat in the liver and heredity are the potential causes of Liver cirrhosis. In some cases the disease can be resolved with long term treatment but if It is not responsive to any of it, the doctors suggest a liver transplant surgery to provide cure to the patient.

Symptoms of Liver Disease

There are many disorders and diseases of the liver but certain symptoms are common to all of them. Following are the symptoms of liver diseases:

• Swelling and pain in the abdomen.
• Concentrated urine
• Nauseated feeling or vomiting
• Pale and itchy skin
• Loss of appetite
• Easy bruising
• Swollen legs or ankles
• Tar or pale colored stool
• Bloody stool
• Pain in the abdomen and swelling.

Following are the symptoms of more severe cases of liver disease

• Jaundice
• Fluid retention
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Encephalopathy

Diseases that can lead to Liver Transplant

There are certain diseases that might take have adverse effects on the liver and can lead to high level of scarring. Following are the diseases of the liver that greatly affect its functioning and might cause a need of liver transplant once they reach a chronic stage.

• Hyperlipidemia or diabetes
• Genetic Liver Diseases like Wilson’s disease
• Hepatitis B & C
• Alcoholic Liver Disease
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Vascular Liver Disease
• Autoimmune liver diseases like cholestatic liver diseases and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Why choose India for Liver Transplantation?

Liver Transplant surgery is a major procedure and thus is performed with extensive research and optimum clinical solutions. The liver transplantation in India takes place under the precision of highly trained surgeons who are backed with the most advanced technology. Living Donor Liver Transplantation in India is developing extensively and new technologies and researches are

applied to it periodically, as it is believed to provide shorter life to the patients than the liver transplanted from a deceased person. India is the best option for international patients who are looking for the combination of low cost treatment with high quality service. Given to the infrastructure and technology available for the treatment in India, it is no less than the developed countries like USA, UK and Europe when it comes to offering healthcare services. Best facilities, cost of liver transplantation surgery in India being the most economical and no long waiting lists to get treated by the best surgeons.

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