What is liver transplantation?
Liver transplantation is surgical procedure to remove a diseased or injured liver and replace it with a healthy one from another person, called a donor. The donor can be living in which case only a part of is taken. In case of deceased donor, the whole organ is transplanted.
What does the liver do?
The liver serves as an inspection organ. Every nutrient we consume passes through the liver. As every element in your blood stream is filtered here, it fight infections and cleans your blood. The bile produced in the liver helps break bilirubin which is a substance that comes from the breakup of hemoglobin in the dead red blood cells. The liver is the largest organ in your body. It is not possible to live a normal healthy life without a functional liver.
What are the signs and symptoms of liver problems?
The signs and symptoms of unhealthy liver and problems are:
- yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, a condition called jaundice
- feeling tired or weak
- losing your appetite
- feeling sick to your stomach
- losing weight
- losing muscle
- itching
- bruising or bleeding easily
- bleeding in the stomach
- throwing up blood
- passing black stools
- having a swollen abdomen
- becoming forgetful or confused
What are the reasons for needing a liver transplant?
Anyone with a non-functional liver needs a transplant. In adults, the most common reason for needing a liver transplant is cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is chronic damage to the liver caused by many different types of diseases that destroy healthy liver cells and replace them with scar tissue.
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