Transplants generate psychological problems

• April 28, 2024

The transplants they are a therapeutic alternative for those patients who register damages in their organs or extremities; and help those affected carry out their activities normally.

However, people who suffer an accident and have to have a limb amputated suffer an impact psychological very strong, because they need to adapt to the new condition and quality of life.

According to the International Journal oj Clinical and Heaxlth Psychology, among the complications presented by patients who have undergone a transplant are:

1. Sexual disorders : About 30% of people who receive a limb or foreign organ avoid sexual intercourse out of fear or because they feel less attractive. In addition, they register hypoactive sexual desire and erection disorders.
2. Impact on mood : It is common for feelings of depression , anxiety , fantasies about the donor.
3. Dissatisfaction with body image : Some people who undergo transplants have difficulty accepting the new appearance of their body.

A milestone in world history

A team of doctors from University Hospital Akdeniz , in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, in Turkey, made for the first time at world level, a triple transplant of limbs (two arms and one leg), to benefit a man of 34 years.

In addition, the doctors transplanted the face of the same donor to another patient, aged 19, which would be the first surgery of this type to be performed in that country.

The doctor Omer Ozkan , who led a team of 25 members, said both patients receive care in the intensive care unit and "are well."

The operation for transplant full face lasted about nine hours, while that of the extremities, 12 hours.

Atilla Kavdir received the limbs after she lost her arms and right leg when she was 11, because she touched high-voltage wires with an iron rod to scare doves, and she received an electric shock, according to the state news agency. Anadolu.

For his part, the adolescent to whom the transplant He had suffered burns when he was a baby during a house fire.

According to National Institute of Nutrition "Salvador Zubirán" , the transplants of composite tissues have evolved in a very short time, thanks to the enthusiasm of each group involved, as well as the progress in immunosuppressive treatment.

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