A member asked:

My father is diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, copd, polycythemia and cronic asthmatic bronchitis. is he a candidate for lung transplant?

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Dr. Al Hegab answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Lung transplant: Other factors are considered too, as age, general health, other chronic diseases, the original lung disease and whether it can recur in the transplanted lung, your father needs to be evaluated in a tertiary care hospital, either a university or a teaching hospital, better if they have a transplant program, wish you and your father wellness

Answered 8/29/2015

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