• @exanime@lemmy.world
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      Or maybe read the article?

      Occasional alcohol use won’t put you in this situation (hopefully you’ll never be in this situation for any reason)

      However, of the reason you need a liver is that you wrecked your own with booze; you are unlikely to get another one

      • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 months ago

        Same for all the people who eat nuts and get hospitalized as well, pull the plug right? I mean come on, they are lesser humans as we stand on our pedestals and look down on them. /S

        Genetics play a huge role in liver diseases. 85% of liver replacements don’t come from alcohol. Alcohol in sure is bad for you, but it really is a high horse scenario.

      • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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        110 months ago

        I didn’t see in the article if she self-reported alcohol use, or was tested. I’m responding to the comments here about self-reporting.

        • @exanime@lemmy.world
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          She had been an alcoholic since teen years and repeatedly tried and failed to quit

          To clarify, I am NOT saying she deserved no healthcare. But donor livers (any organs actually) are a really really scarce commodity. This is why she would not get one

          If we had artificial livers (for example), of course she should have received one

            • @exanime@lemmy.world
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              Omg, again this is like the third time it was posted

              The boyfriend cannot give a full liver because he would die. Living donors can only donate a part of the liver. Unfortunately her liver was too far gone and she required a full cadaveric transplant.

              Basically the docs saved the boyfriend from losing 1/3 of his liver for nothing

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      According to the Summary Statistics provided by Canada at THIS LINK, Notably Tables 2A and 2D.

      473 were simultaneously on a wait list in December 2023 and either 7 or 8 of them died awaiting transplant (or maybe gave up voluntarily).

      So I’m not saying it’s murder or anything, just that in order to prolong your selfish existence you’re directly responsible for the death of another. You’re an adjacent-murderer.

      But it’s impossible to know how many livers are or are not available at any given time, so absolutely a little morally ambiguous.

    • @TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
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      Lying about substance use to a confidential healthcare provider is not going to do you any good. If you have drank so much that you are having liver failure, they will know you are lying. If you haven’t drank that much, what’s the purpose of lying? To perpetuate the addiction?