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Zain, a bright 10 year old boy with loads of promise runs the risk of his life being tragically cut short by the rare Wilson’s Disease.
 

He needs a healthy Donor with O Positive blood group to donate liver tissue for a Liver transplant in Singapore.  If you meet the requirements are interested in saving the life of a child, please contact

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What is Wilson's disease?

Wilson's disease is caused by a build up of excess copper in the body. A small amount of copper is needed in the diet for health to repair cells. But excess copper is toxic and can damage the organs.

Wilson’s disease is also sometimes called hepaticolenticular degeneration.

What causes Wilson's disease?

It is mainly the liver that controls levels of copper in the body by excreting (getting rid of) excess copper mostly in the bile.

In Wilson's disease this process fails, causing copper to build up in the body. This mainly damages the liver but can also affect other organs, especially the brain.

Who is at risk?

Wilson's disease is rare, affecting only 1 in 30,000 of the population. It affects men and women in all racial groups.

The disease is inherited. An abnormality or mutation in the gene called ATP7B is thought to be behind Wilson's disease. To develop the disease two defective ATP7B genes must be inherited from both parents.

If you have one defective gene you could pass it on to your children.

How does it develop?

The first symptoms of Wilson's disease generally appear between the ages of 6 and 45 years.

Excess copper can cause inflammation in the liver (hepatitis) and scarring (cirrhosis), and brain damage. The time this takes varies but copper takes at least five to six years to reach damaging levels in the liver and often 15 to 20 years or more to cause neurological damage.If untreated, Wilson's disease is fatal.