[dhs12345]

Just curious -- how risky is it for the surgeons? They are dealing with infected blood.

[Bikers4Bush]

There is NO cure for aids. Eventually he will die and what is to keep the Hep C from ravaging the new liver?

Giving him a liver would be like giving someone with an inoperable terminal brain tumor a new organ. Pointless.

[discostu]

Your own backyard

[Born Conservative]

Important points: 1. Is Hepatitis C eradicated from the body after a liver transplantation? If not, what are the chances of the transplanted liver being ruined by the Hepatitis? 2. HIV patients are usually on multi-drug "cocktails"; are these meds toxic to the liver? If so, then that would shorten the survival of the transplanted liver 3. What stage of HIV is he in; if he is in the later stages, then a "triage" decision must be made to defer the organ to someone who does not have a disease that would shorten that recipient's lifespan (in my humble opinion). 4.; There is a shortage of donor organs, thus a moral decision will probably enter into the equation (giving the organ to a person who has a liver condition that is genetic or congenital as opposed to someone who has liver disease as a result of behavioral choices.

My guess would be that he received the diseases via either a blood transfusion, or through drug abuse. Hep C is not commonly transmitted sexually.

[verity]

...Hayley Gorenberg, AIDS project director at Lambda Legal in New York...

I would not object if they used her liver for the transplant.

[Centurion2000]

"There's really a problem with discrimination against people with HIV who need transplants," Gorenberg said. "They should be in the running, just like anybody else."

No he shouldn't ... he has a lethal diease with no cure ..... give the liver to someone that might take better care of themselves.

AIDS victims should be triaged right out of hospitals for long term care.