Liver transplant

What are the conditions that allow liver transplantation in adults?
There are many cases, including:

Hepatic cirrhosis.

Sclerosing cholangitis (a rare form of cholangitis).

Hepatic venous thrombosis (obstruction of a hepatic vein).

Severe, life-threatening hepatitis.

Chronic viral hepatitis.

Cancers that originate in the liver.

The surgery is usually performed in a major medical center, and can take up to ten hours. To perform the transplant, a general anesthetic must be given. The abdomen is opened and all or part of the liver is removed and replaced with the necessary parts of the donor’s liver. Recovery can take up to four months. Receiving support from parents and health care providers is vital.

Liver transplant recipients must take immunosuppressive drugs for the remainder of their lives to discourage the body’s natural tendency to dismiss the transplanted liver as foreign tissue There is now a large repertoire of immunosuppressive agents and anti-infective drugs, and the list is constantly growing, making future prospects brighter .

Gilbert syndrome

The doctor told me that I have a condition called (Gilbert Syndrome), and I would like to know what this condition is?

Mohamed Ahmed

Gilbert’s syndrome is a genetic disorder in which bilirubin is not synthesized properly, and bilirubin is the yellowish-orange pigment that enters the composition of bile. On its conversion to conjugated (ie temporarily bound) bilirubin elevated levels of unconjugated bilirubin can be detected by blood tests.

There is a rate ranging from 3 to 10% of the total population in Western countries suffers from Gilbert syndrome. Most people with this condition do not suffer from symptoms, rarely appear jaundice (ie clearly visible), and have nothing to worry about.

Gilbert’s syndrome does not have adverse health effects in the few people who develop jaundice.

liver abscess

How is a liver abscess treated?
An abscess is a collection of pus trapped within a thin membrane. Liver abscess or liver abscess is most often caused either by bacteria migrating from an area of ​​infection or contamination in the intestine (as a result of appendicitis or diverticulitis) or from an amoeba (amoebic dysentery), an infection with this parasite. An abscess can cause high fever, chills, and nausea Vomiting and pain in the upper right part of the abdomen (where the liver is located) and weight loss.

Suspicions about the presence of a liver abscess can often be confirmed by examining it with an ultrasound machine or a computer tomography scan. Blood tests may reveal infectious bacteria or may collect samples of pus with the help of ultrasound to guide the needle to draw samples to the site of the abscess. There is a similar method used for suction and drainage For abscess, intravenous antibiotics are given to treat the infection.