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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: jollor on January 19, 2008, 02:09:51 PM

Title: Kidney transplant from a Hepatitis B cadaver
Post by: jollor on January 19, 2008, 02:09:51 PM

Hey everyone I got a letter today from my transplant center asking me if I would like to receive a kidney from a deceased person that had been exposed to hepatitis B. They said the chance as they put it was very very low of it affecting you if you had antibodies. This doesn't make sense to many because they suppress your immune system so that you can keep the kidney wouldn't that mean that it would weaken your resistance to Hepatitis B in the kidney. Personally I don't want one from someone exposed to Hepatitis B. I'll just wait for a nice healthly unexposed kidney. I was just curious about your thoughts on this. It just seems very strange to me.

Title: Re: Kidney transplant from a Hepatitis B cadaver
Post by: kitkatz on January 19, 2008, 06:37:29 PM

These are part of that program that will give you less than ideal kidneys in order to transplant you faster.  God knows why you would not want a match and a healthy kidney?








EDITED: Moved topic to transplant thread-Kitkatz,moderator

Title: Re: Kidney transplant from a Hepatitis B cadaver
Post by: Krisna on January 23, 2008, 07:13:36 PM

I don't care how long I'd been waiting, I would say hell no!  Not even if they said it was the last kidney on the planet!  But then I've never been one who likes to test fate!  lol

But for someone who's already infected I'd say, why not! 

Title: Re: Kidney transplant from a Hepatitis B cadaver
Post by: okarol on January 23, 2008, 11:17:01 PM

From what I have read this is used for Hep B patients to get a kidney - good idea!

Title: Re: Kidney transplant from a Hepatitis B cadaver
Post by: jollor on January 24, 2008, 11:23:02 AM

I could see this being a good option if you were old. Especially if the wait time was going to be a long time.