Common Skin Problems seen after heart Transplantation

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the three most common skin problems following transplantation are: herpes, warts, and acne.
herpes and warts are caused by the "opportunistic" type viruses (herpes virus hominis-herpes and papovirus hominis-warts) the immunosuppressive drugs put you at risk for developing herpes and warts because they block the ability of your immune cells to attack foreign objects and acne is caused by Prednisone.