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Can a cirrhosis patient get a partial liver from a living donor?

Posted by jkswcon @jkswcon, May 30 1:03pm

Can a cirrhosis patient get a partial liver transplant from a living donor?

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | May 30 7:30pm

@jkswcon, Welcome to Connect.
A patient with cirrhosis that has progressed to end stage liver failure might be referred for evaluation to see if they qualify for a liver transplant. During a liver transplant, the patient's diseased liver is removes and replaced with a healthy donor liver.
A liver can be from a deceased donor which is when a patient is placed on the transplant waiting list. My transplanted liver came from an annonymus deceased donor.
Or the liver can come from a Living Donor. When someone wants to be a Living Liver Donor, they donate a portion of their liver which is placed in the recipients body where the diseased liver had been. Both the donor's portion of the liver and the recipient's portion will regenerate to a full sized liver. It is an astounding miracle of medical science! Most living donors are related to the recipient.

@jkswcon, Does this answer your question? Are you being considered for a liver transplant? Are you thinking about being a a living donor? What are some questions that you want to ask?

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jkswcon | @jkswcon | May 31 4:25pm
In reply to @rosemarya "@jkswcon, Welcome to Connect. A patient with cirrhosis that has progressed to end stage liver failure..." + (show)
@rosemarya

@jkswcon, Welcome to Connect.
A patient with cirrhosis that has progressed to end stage liver failure might be referred for evaluation to see if they qualify for a liver transplant. During a liver transplant, the patient's diseased liver is removes and replaced with a healthy donor liver.
A liver can be from a deceased donor which is when a patient is placed on the transplant waiting list. My transplanted liver came from an annonymus deceased donor.
Or the liver can come from a Living Donor. When someone wants to be a Living Liver Donor, they donate a portion of their liver which is placed in the recipients body where the diseased liver had been. Both the donor's portion of the liver and the recipient's portion will regenerate to a full sized liver. It is an astounding miracle of medical science! Most living donors are related to the recipient.

@jkswcon, Does this answer your question? Are you being considered for a liver transplant? Are you thinking about being a a living donor? What are some questions that you want to ask?

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My daughter has been diagnosed with non alcoholic cirrhosis and I want to know if it's possible to be a living donor

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Rosemary, Volunteer Mentor | @rosemarya | Jun 1 6:53am

@jkswcon, Your daughter's transplant team will be the ones to say whether your daughter qualifies for a living donor. You will need to ask if they perform living donations, and what steps you will need to take.

Here is a link to Mayo Clinic Living Donor Information.
Transplant>Living Donors and Q&A
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/transplant/tab/resource-36/#ch-tab-navigation

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bobweller | @bobweller | Jun 2 12:30pm

I was diagnosed with hep C genotype 6 when I was 44. Received a liver transplant from a deceased donor. But due to the genotype, they could not treat the hep C back in 2000. Then in 2014 the doctor tried new meds for treatment and it worked. After that I had to have another transplant. Got it in 2017. Still going strong.

I recall being testes for all sorts of things. Especially illegal drugs and alcohol. If they found any, I would have not received any transplant.

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