Rejection of a transplanted lung
Find out about rejection, the risk of getting it and how it’s treated
Key points
- Rejection is when your immune system starts to attack your transplanted lung because it recognises the lung as coming from a different person
- To help prevent rejection, you will be given immunosuppressant medicines, which lower your immune system’s response
- Rejection can still occur even if you’re taking all of your medicines
- If rejection is picked up early it can usually be treated successfully. Severe rejection is rare