Lung transplant
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What is lung transplant?
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
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.
Who has lung transplant on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 285 say lung transplant is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 19 | |
| 30s | 53 | |
| 40s | 52 | |
| 50s | 40 | |
| 60s | 50 | |
| 70+ | 132 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 293 | |
| Female | 318 |