Kidney Transplant Vs. Scuba Diving Posted: 02-07-06 10:39am
Hi,
i need to receive news and info about any
side effects that can affect a person
after a kindney transplant surgery if this
person wants to scuba dive?
Thank you for any facts or info.
Best regards. :
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Amber28
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 75 Location: Australia
Posted: 02-11-06 03:58am
I know that with any transplant surgery
you will need to commence a range of
immuno-depresents (these are to ensure
that your body does not attact your new
knidney). With these types of medications
you become very sensitive to sunlight.
Basically by not wearing any suncream you
will get burnt within the first couple of
minutes of being in the sun. That could
be a possible drawback seeing that scuba
diving is an outdoors sport. Personally
not too sure what else but would imagine
you will need to first become well enough
to resume such sports and wil need to wait
unitll your body had healed from such
majro surgery.
