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Yes, you can! If, for example your bother has terminal kidney failure, you can donate one of your kidney's to him if your tissue types match. If your tissue type won't match you can even donate a kidney, by cross-linking yours with a receiver which matches. Not only kidney's, but also parts of the liver and I think also skin can be donated alive.
the other organ which can b donated while alive r lung,pancrease,bone marrow and intestine
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes, more people should be organ donators.
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Yes living people can donate a kidney and they can live okay on the remaining kidney. For an in depth look at what it is like being a living kidney donor check out this blog LivingKidneyDonation.co.uk
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∙ 13y agoNo.
You can donate your kidneys after death.
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∙ 13y agoWhen you die your family is choosing whether or not you do, so if you want or don't want to tell your family.
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Can I donate my kidney if I've had chemotherapy?
I would have thought that having had a serious illness that required chemotherapy the doctors would not feel you are suitable to be able to donate a kidney.
If you lose a kidney you can still survive and lead a normal life with one kidney because?
You can survive with one kidney because it can do the work of both! However, people living with one kidney have to be very cautious of their lifestyle choices as leading an unhealthy life would lead to kidney failure faster than a person with two kidneys.
How will be your general health conditions after donate one of your kidneys?
A person can live a normal healthy life with just one kidney.
What is the name of the organ that if loss you can still survive but eat vary little?
i think its the liver because when people have to donate one of theirs they still survive, but they have eat small. The system liver is on is the digestive system. I think you must mean kidney - human beings only have one liver
What is the importance of Active Transport in living organisms?
~ kidney and homeostasis..........
How can donate your kidney?
donating a kidney is when someone needs a kidney and you participate to go to surgery to remove you're kidney to give to the person in need. and you are left with one kidney but you will still live.
Can you donate a kidney if you have interstitial cystitis?
can you donate a kidney if you have interstitual cystitis
Can you be ten to donate a kidney to someone who is dying?
At the age of 10 you are a child and it is not legal to donate a kidney to someone.
Name somthing people donate to save a life?
blood, lung, kidney, ect...
Can aperson survive with only one kidney?
Yes. Many people donate a kidney to friends or family members that have kidney failure. The donor then has one kidney and probably the recipient has one functioning kidney.
Do you have to be dead to donate blood?
Yes, certain organs, e.g., one of a person's two kidneys, or part of the liver, can be transplanted from a living donor.
What organ can you donate for money?
Kidney
Can a living 12 year old donate a liver?
No I believe that u have to be at least 18, like donating blood. But definitely no 12.
Name something people donate that can safe a life?
Blood Organs (Kidney, Lungs, Heart...etc.)
Is it better to donate a kidney alive or dead?
It depends on the quality of the kidney in question, no alot of people want dead kidneys so I'd say Alive.
Would it be recommended to donate kidney then get pregnant?
no
Can I donate my kidney if I've had chemotherapy?
I would have thought that having had a serious illness that required chemotherapy the doctors would not feel you are suitable to be able to donate a kidney.
