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.
How do members experience lung transplant?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with lung transplant*
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Stress
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Nothing reported yet
Common symptom
Fatigue
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Anxious mood
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Pain
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for lung transplant*
Treatment
Type
How many have tried
Tried for
Type
Prescription Drug
How many have tried
128
Tried for
lung transplant
(2)
*Data from patients with lung transplant, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
Compare treatments taken by people with lung transplant*
Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Perceived effectiveness
for lung transplant (1 evaluation)
Side effects
hair loss
tremor(s)
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
lung transplant
(2)
*Data from patients with lung transplant, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
Who has lung transplant on PatientsLikeMe?
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 12 | |
| 30s | 47 | |
| 40s | 75 | |
| 50s | 96 | |
| 60s | 224 | |
| 70+ | 232 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 314 | |
| Female | 359 |