Questions are being raised about the case of a 36-year-old Ontario woman who died of liver failure after she was rejected for a life-saving liver transplant after a medical review highlighted her prior alcohol use.
  • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Pump make blood go weee

    Liver and kidneys have to filter and sort various chemicals to keep them from poisoning your body.

    Also, dialysis is a thing, it’s just generally external cause of the complexity.

    • breetai@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Artificial kidneys are in the test phases. Not sure when they’ll enter trials but it’s very complicated.

      • SoylentBlake@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I just learned this last week that when someone gets a kidney transplant, doctors don’t remove the old one, they just shove it aside and patch the new one in…and honestly, that’s kind of fucking me up.