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Lung transplantation is an option for patients who have respiratory insufficiency or failure and who remain at life-threatening risk despite optimal medical treatment. Single and double lung procedures are about equally common.
How do members experience lung transplant?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with lung transplant*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for lung transplant*
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Lung transplantation is an option for patients who have respiratory insufficiency or failure and who remain at life-threatening risk despite optimal medical treatment. Single and double lung procedures are about equally common.
Common symptoms reported by people with lung transplant
Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for lung transplant
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Compare treatments taken by people with lung transplant
Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have lung transplant through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with lung transplant? Members in the forum might have the answers.
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