Owings Mills boy first recipient of double hand transplant on a child

[Zonesylvania]

[QUOTE=Tamschi;48374255]What I'm always wondering in relation to this:

How dangerous do those make regular infections/inflammations?
Or are they so far developed that they now don't interfere as much with those?[/QUOTE]
There's always problems with immune deficiency because there's no means of compromise on that, with how organ transplantation currently stands, except in two cases (isografts in identical twins, and autografts from the individual's own body.)

Most regular infections usually are harder to deal with, but the big rule of thumb is the minute you feel sick/feverish, you have to contact your physician. There can also be recurrence of infections (herpes zoster, reactivated TB, CMV, Hepatits, and so on that have to be looked out for, if previously they were seen in a patient.) All immune suppressants also have their own specific long term toxicities, which should be dealt with in due course.

This is just a sampling, there's a lot more to this, but if you want to know anything else I'll see what I can do.

[editline]5th August 2015[/editline]

[QUOTE=Cmx;48374275]What happens when you dont take them? The body starts destroying the hands?[/QUOTE]
Yes. that's essentially what transplant rejection is. It comes in three categories, hyperacute, acute, and chronic. Hyperacute manifests within minutes of a transplant - nothing can be done except remove the damaged tissue. Chronic is considered irreversible and is very poorly amenable to treatment. Acute happens to an extent in nearly all transplants, which is preventable using suppression methods.

[Tamschi]

[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;48374336]There's always problems with immune deficiency because there's no means of compromise on that, with how organ transplantation currently stands, except in two cases (isografts in identical twins, and autografts from the individual's own body.)

Most regular infections usually are harder to deal with, but the big rule of thumb is the minute you feel sick/feverish, you have to contact your physician. There can also be recurrence of infections (herpes zoster, reactivated TB, CMV, Hepatits, and so on that have to be looked out for, if previously they were seen in a patient.) All immune suppressants also have their own specific long term toxicities, which should be dealt with in due course.

This is just a sampling, there's a lot more to this, but if you want to know anything else I'll see what I can do.[/QUOTE]

I think that outline is enough for now, thanks for the explanation.