biology report cirrhosis
To whom it may concern,
It has come to my attention that Liam, a young man of 23, had recently been diagnosed with severe liver damage. The disease had developed from 10 years of heavy drinking and as Liam was so young the disease was obviously more susceptible. After many advanced treatments being used on him, the only chance of saving Liam’s life was through a liver transplant, but sadly Liam was refused the transplant.
Liam had begun drinking from the early age of around 13, at such a young age the person often is not aware of the risks and is more easily affected by alcohol. From heavy drinking from such a young age, Liam became an alcoholic although his family say he was desperate for the chance to prove he could stay sober. When a patient has advanced cirrhosis the doctor has to consider whether he thinks the patient will cope with the transplant and become sober before transplanting the organ. Liam was young and young adults tend to recover better when illness strikes and if Liam was truly determined to stop the alcoholism, he should have been given a transplant.
Doctors had tried many alternative advanced treatments to cure the advanced cirrhosis yet Liam still needed a liver transplant, which shows he was either still a heavy alcoholic and had made no change to his lifestyle or his health was still deteriorating where he was in such a bad condition. It is important when an organ transplant is being considered that the decision must be based on whether the patient is likely to recover well and where Liam had been drinking from an early age it was less likely, and whether there is another person who needs a transplant more and is fitter. Alcohol addictions are self-inflicted illnesses and although it is still a serious illness it is through their own fault and people with other illnesses should take priority although when Liam first began the road to alcoholism he probably did not fully understand
It has come to my attention that Liam, a young man of 23, had recently been diagnosed with severe liver damage. The disease had developed from 10 years of heavy drinking and as Liam was so young the disease was obviously more susceptible. After many advanced treatments being used on him, the only chance of saving Liam’s life was through a liver transplant, but sadly Liam was refused the transplant.
Liam had begun drinking from the early age of around 13, at such a young age the person often is not aware of the risks and is more easily affected by alcohol. From heavy drinking from such a young age, Liam became an alcoholic although his family say he was desperate for the chance to prove he could stay sober. When a patient has advanced cirrhosis the doctor has to consider whether he thinks the patient will cope with the transplant and become sober before transplanting the organ. Liam was young and young adults tend to recover better when illness strikes and if Liam was truly determined to stop the alcoholism, he should have been given a transplant.
Doctors had tried many alternative advanced treatments to cure the advanced cirrhosis yet Liam still needed a liver transplant, which shows he was either still a heavy alcoholic and had made no change to his lifestyle or his health was still deteriorating where he was in such a bad condition. It is important when an organ transplant is being considered that the decision must be based on whether the patient is likely to recover well and where Liam had been drinking from an early age it was less likely, and whether there is another person who needs a transplant more and is fitter. Alcohol addictions are self-inflicted illnesses and although it is still a serious illness it is through their own fault and people with other illnesses should take priority although when Liam first began the road to alcoholism he probably did not fully understand