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Can a person with hepatitis B get a liver transplant?
About Liver Transplants for Those Living with Hepatitis B: A liver transplant is a very serious surgery that removes a diseased or injured liver and replaces it with a healthy one. People living with hepatitis B can need a liver transplant if their liver begins to fail.
Can HCV cause liver transplant?
Hepatitis C-related complications are a leading cause of liver transplants in the United States. A liver transplant is a life-saving surgery where a surgeon removes a diseased liver and replaces it with a healthy liver from a living or deceased donor. Hepatitis C (HCV) is a virus that causes inflammation of the liver.
How does hepatitis B and C affect the liver?
Topic Overview. People who are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV) virus may develop a chronic infection that can lead to cirrhosis. The damage that results increases the risk of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma).
Which Hepatitis causes most liver transplants?
Liver failure due to hepatitis C is one of the most common reasons for liver transplantation in the United States. But researchers can provide only rough estimates of the risk and rate of progression to liver failure in chronic hepatitis C. Without treatment, most people who get hepatitis C remain infected for life.
Does Hep C go away with a liver transplant?
Chronic hepatitis C infection cannot be cured by liver-transplant alone. Without direct-acting antiviral treatment the donor organ becomes reinfected within just a few hours. The disease may take a more aggressive course after the transplant.
Can you donate a liver with hep C?
Livers from organ donors with HCV infection have been used for over 20 years in the United States largely for recipients who already have HCV infection. Over 3,000 of these liver transplants have been completed to date.
Can HCV cause liver failure?
Rizza, M.D. End-stage hepatitis C means the liver has been severely damaged by the hepatitis C virus. The hepatitis C virus slowly damages the liver over many years, often progressing from inflammation to permanent, irreversible scarring (cirrhosis).