Dr. Faisal Shaheen: Sudden liver disease may lead to kidney failure. Data of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation regarding liver failure showed that the total number of liver transplants is 313, including 240 transplants from brain dead and 73 from living relatives. On this level, Dr. Faisal Shaheen, head of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, confirms that there are several diseases that lead to liver failure, which are acute and sudden liver diseases caused by viral hepatitis and toxic drugs for the liver. Chronic viral liver caused by "C" and "B" virus.
Shaheen adds that viral hepatitis C has a relatively high rate in our country, and it is known that this disease has developed towards cirrhosis, hepatic insufficiency, and the possibility of its transformation into a tumor.
Shaheen points out that liver transplantation is only performed when the liver fails to perform its basic functions, and this is revealed by conducting tests and analyzes of the liver in addition to the presence of some clinical symptoms such as jaundice, general weakness, vomiting, and signs of cirrhosis and final cirrhosis.
It is mentioned that the organ transplants themselves are accurate and have a high success rate, and the patient in the case of transplantation needs to take an immunosuppressive drug such as Cellcept to prevent his body from rejecting the transplanted organ.
Shaheen stresses the importance of maintaining weight and following certain diets due to the negative effects that excess weight has on the patient’s condition in addition to the importance of the patient who underwent a transplant’s commitment to the doctors ’instructions and taking immunosuppressive treatments after the operation to ensure that there are no complications affecting the health Patient.
