A Sore Throat Cost Me a Kidney a Childhood Illness Left Graham Matthew in Need of a Transplant. So, His Sister Stepped In
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IT IS hard to believe that something as innocuous as having a tooth out could result in a near 30-year-long battle with kidney disease and an eventual organ transplant. But this is precisely what happened to Graham Matthew.
Matthew, 41, from Montrose, was only 14 when, after a routine tooth extraction, he developed a severe throat infection. After a high dose of antibiotics, the infection cleared up. Or so he thought: unbeknown to him and his family, the episode had left Matthew's immune system badly damaged and, as later events proved, the infection had not been cured. Instead, it lay dormant in his system. This was not established until Matthew was undergoing a medical as part of a job interview and excess protein was found in his urine.See the full content of this document
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A Sore Throat Cost Me a Kidney a Childhood Illness Left Graham Matthew in Need of a Transplant. So, His Sister Stepped In
"The level was very high so I was immediately referred to a renal clinic, " says Matthew, now a biomedical scientist at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.
He was 17 and felt fine. When he'd had the throat infection at 14, he had passed "extreme amounts" of blood in his urine, yet had gone on to live a normal life. But the renal clinic now decided h...See the full content of this document
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