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Usually the donor's transplanted organ is not transplanted again - it puts a lot of stress on the organ. And depending on how long the donor recipient has been on immuno-suppression for, some of the other organs may not be used (it can affect the kidneys a lot).
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Why are organ donation used?
Organ donation is the transfer of an organ or tissue from a donor to a recipient. It may be a heart, lung, kidney, liver, thymus, intestine, or tissues like bone, tendons or heart valves. It is used to replace a damaged or absent organ in order to prevent death, or to improve the quality of life for the recipient. It may be used to treat cystic fibrosis, COPD, heart failure, among many others.
What do you call a non-living donor?
A deceased donor, or simply an organ donor. They used to be referred to as a cadaver donor but that term has fallen out of favor.
What is the meaning of organ donor card?
An organ donor card is a card given to you when you register with the organ donation register. The card represents your desire to have your organs used for transplantation after your death.
Tattoo and be a organ donor?
Yes. Tattooing will not affect one's status as an organ donor unless the tattoo was done with a used needle, which runs the risk of HIV infection.
What is a cadaver kidney?
A kidney from a brain-dead organ donor used for purposes of kidney transplantation.
Can anyone donate an organ to anyone else?
In the UK, legally yes. These days (living) donors can be altruistic strangers, or friends / acquaintances of the recipient (whereas they used to have to be related to or married to the recipient). However medically, no, because the donor would need to have a compatible blood group to the recipient. For kidney donation, tissue (HLA) matching is also necessary, which is a far stricter criteria than just blood group matching. In most cases, HLA matches will be related to the recipient, due to sharing of genetics. For a living donation of part of a liver, the blood group matching is necessary, tissue matching is not, and the donor would need to be at least as big (if not bigger) than the recipient.
What should a gift of equity letter look like?
To whom it may concern, The purpose of this letter is to state that I am giving my (relationship between donor and recipient), (recipient's name), a gift of ($XX,XXX) to be used toward the purchase of a home. There is no expectation of repayment of this gift. Sincerely, (donor's name) ******************************* I found the above on a different website...
Can you transplant an entire liver?
It depends. There are 2 sections of the liver that can be used for donation, the left lobe (40% of the liver) and the right lobe (60%). In a cadaver/deceased donor the doctors will usually give an adult transplant patient the whole liver. There have been cases where the left lobe, the smaller side, of a cadaver donor has been given to a child recipient and the right lobe went to an adult. There is also the case of living liver donation where a living person donates a section of their liver to a recipient. If the recipient is a child then the left lobe is donated, if the recipient is an adult it is the right lobe that is donated. For the living donor, their donated section of liver will grow back in about 3-8 weeks.
What happens to the organs after someone has an organ transplant?
If you mean the recipient's original organ, on the consent form for the transplant operation there is a tick-box saying "I allow my original organ to be used for research purposes". Ticking this allows the original organ to go off to the lab for research and analysis. Unless there is any reason to keep it for further use after this has been done, it will be incinerated. Most people seem to tick this box. If the recipient does not want their original organ to be researched on, it just goes to be incinerated.
What is the more correct form - donator or donor?
Both "donator" and "donor" are acceptable terms, but "donor" is the more commonly used and recognized form in English. It is recommended to use "donor" for clarity and consistency.
How do doctors match people on the waiting list with donors?
The organ available (should) always go to the person "with greatest need" (i.e the person who will die soonest without it) - assuming that the donor 'matches' the recipient. This means that the 'pool' of people needing a organ transplant is first narrowed down to those who have a compatible blood type/tissue type as the donor, and the "most ill" of those people gets the organ. Judging how ill a person is is carried out by statistical analysis of blood results readings (and other readings)- these readings are put into an algebraic formula, which calculates (based on blood results and other readings) approximately how long the person has to live (without a transplant). For example, MELD/PELD scores used to prioritise liver transplant candidates.
Can you receive an organ transplant from just anybody?
Yes, because when you need a transplant your sick. You can only get a transplant if you need it.No I just found out you can't. If you were sick and you got a new organ that wasn't used to your body, that would be double the trouble. why? Because The bacteria from you being sick would affect your new organ. also it would be doubled bad because your other body parts (Around the new organ) would think that the new organ was trying to talk over you body. so they would attack the organ. but most people take medicine for that but they have to take it for the rest of there lives.
