Posted on 11/11/2013 7:31:11 PM PST by carlo3b
Lungs from pack-a-day smokers safe for transplant, study finds JoNel Aleccia, Staff Writer, NBC News
Jan. 29, 2013 at 4:35 AM ET
About 13 percent of double-lung transplants in the U.S. came from donors who were heavy smokers, a new study finds.
Using lung transplants from heavy smokers may sound like a cruel joke, but a new study finds that organs taken from people who puffed a pack a day for more than 20 years are likely safe.
What’s more, the analysis of lung transplant data from the U.S. between 2005 and 2011 confirms what transplant experts say they already know: For some patients on a crowded organ waiting list, lungs from smokers are better than none.
“I think people are grateful just to have a shot at getting lungs,” said Dr. Sharven Taghavi, a cardiovascular surgical resident at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, who led the new study.
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It doesn't actually explicitly say that, but it does call into question many of the studies that claim that..
That would be a great brain. It's like buying a used car with 5 miles on it.
They ARE pretty vascular, after all...that would make sense.
It depends who are transplanting those lungs into. Somebody who is younger is probably not a good choice, as the damaged lungs would hamper them through life, but it’s more justifiable for an older person or somebody who needs lungs, but their state of health is already hampered by other medical decisions.
However, by trying to make this argument, you know they want this for everybody but the very well-to-do or politically connected.
So maybe you won’t get lung cancer. Maybe you’ll only get cancer of the bladder, esophagus, parotid gland, kidney, or whatever. I sure wish my relatives didn’t have to go through that.
Yes they do. They are always in a state of regeneration, like a liver. I’ve read somewhere that heavy smokers, who have quit for at least ten years, have the same general lung capacity as a non-smoker.
Hah...all I could think of was a paraphrase of that famous Herb Brooks saying about a hockey player with all the tools except the mind to use them...something like “You’ve got a million dollar set of legs and a ten-cent fart for a brain”
That would describe any number of liberal Hollywood starlets!
Or like that old joke about brain transplants:
In the Hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
“I’m afraid I am the bearer of bad news,” he said as he surveyed the worried faces, “The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It’s an experimental procedure, semi-risky, and you will have to pay for the brain yourselves.”
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a length of time, someone asked, “Well, how much does a brain cost?” The Doctor quickly responded, “$5000 for a liberal brain, and $200 for a conservative brain.”
One of the family members asked “Why is the liberal brain so much more money?”
“It’s just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the conservative brains, because they’ve already been used.”
“A brain from a Liberal?”
Let me die.
The good news is that the death panel has given you permission to get a lung. The bad news is it from a smoker.
dang, its not much better than one you lost, but hey it still works.
For Sale
One Lung
Coughs, Wheezes, barely holds any air
but it works
Would you want a nicotine stained lung transplant from WILLIAM RIVERS PITT?
Surprise, surprise, just as homos make a new push for their tainted blood to be accepted...........
So, presumably the donors did not die of lung disease? Do you have to die in an accident to be a donor? That is to say, if you have a heart attack, can your organs be donated (other than your hear?)? I suppose if you die of cancer they are all off limits? Or maybe not, unaffected organs are OK?
It’s all genetics. Plenty of hard core smokers out there who go through life fine. None smokers are just susceptible to the same crap that gets smokers. It’s all bs to try and control the public. I’d be more scared of these genetically engineered foods they are feeding us and the chickens were going to be getting from China thanks to the new FDA laws.
LOL! I thought the same thing and only read your post before saving it for later.
My mom smoked 1-2 packs a day for more than 40 years. Switched to cigars (doesn’t inhale) and the doc said that her lungs are perfect. She sent her to a pulmonologist and they did a ton of tests. She’s fine.
Falls under the category of “beggars can’t be choosers.”
Smoke your way to good health! Yeah. Works for me.
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