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Preparations for a lung transplant are underway after Crown Princess Mette-Marit's rare pulmonary fibrosis worsened despite medication, hospital officials said.
- On Friday, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway will likely need a lung transplant after several tests this autumn showed clear health deterioration, the palace said.
- A rare pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis scars Mette-Marit's lungs, and she said medication failed to control the disease as its progression accelerated.
- The princess has at times limited public appearances and gone on sick leave, most recently in October, but the palace said she will continue public engagements as long as she feels well enough.
- Her condition could affect the royal family's duties and image, and the health news adds to turmoil as son Marius Borg Høiby faces rape charges and a February trial.
- Are Martin Holm said `It has not yet been decided when the crown princess will be placed on the waiting list for a lung transplant` and doctors are making necessary preparations so a transplant will be possible when the time comes.
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The Norwegian princess would already be on the waiting list for the transplant, her only chance of survival
The health of Mette Marit, 52 years old, wife of the heir to the throne Haakon Magnus, has been treated since 2018 for pulmonary fibrosis. The annus horribilis of the court of Oslo
The Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit will most likely have to undergo a lung transplant, since, as announced by a note of the Royal Palace, her health conditions have deteriorated in the last few months. In 2018 the 52-year-old princess was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a degenerative disease that creates scar tissue that stiffens the lungs, making it difficult to breathe and enter oxygen into the bloodstream. The tests carried out in a…
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op-online.deCrown Princess Mette-Marit is being prepared for a possible lung transplant. Crown Prince Haakon also finds the situation difficult.
Princess Mette-Marit said in an interview today that she is going through difficult times.
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