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Is it more successful to be a living kidney donor or a dead one?
Jennypaddock16
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What is Kidney transplantation?
Kidney transplantation involves surgically attaching a functioning kidney, or graft, from a brain dead organ donor (a cadaver transplant), or from a living donor, to a patient
What is some advantage for donating a kidney alive?
If a kidney is taken from a live donor it is much healthier and has a better chance of being accepted by the recipient's body than a kidney from a dead donor. For the donor, this does involve major surgery, so it's a bit of a disadvantage to the living donor.
What is a cadaver kidney?
A kidney from a brain-dead organ donor used for purposes of kidney transplantation.
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.
Where do most organ transplants come from?
from people who die :D
Why can't a living person donate one of their eyes?
they can be an organ donor and when they are dead, people can usetheir body parts.
Information on transplants and how you can become a donor?
Well, transplants is when a person has a failing organ and in order to survive, they need a new healthy one. For most organ transplants, the donor must be dead. If someone died, but was otherwise in good health, the family may be asked if they want to donate the organs. I believe a living person can donate a kidney though. It is well-known live donors donate up to half their livers to someone needing a transplant. If the liver 'takes', both the donor and patient will have their half-livers grow back to full size in 4 to 6 weeks. My question is: What are the age limits for the live donor?
What is a living donor?
When an organ transplant is required organs can be sourced from cadavers (dead donors) or from living donors. Living organ donation OS possible because some organs are duplicated in the body (e.g. kidneys) and one of the two can be removed for transplant, and other organs (e.g. the liver) are able to regenerate in the donors body after a portion is removed for transplant. Being a living donor is not a matter to be taken lightly as surgical complications can lead to the death of the donor. In addition, in the case of the removal of a paired organ, the donor foreits his spare organ which might be required later in life. In either case the transplant does not ensure the recovery of the recipient.
Where does a cadaver transplant come from?
It comes from a dead organ donor
What will happen to liver donor?
Depends on if it's a live donor or a dead donor. With a live donor only part of the liver is harvested for transplantation, and the remaining part will grow back to (close to) its original size within weeks.
What is a kidney or heart donor?
A donor is somebody who gives one or more of their organs to somebody who has died. As we have two kidneys it is possible to donate one of them while you are still alive. But only a dead person can donate their heart. The best sources of hearts are people who have died in accidents like car crashes as the heart will probably be in very good condition.
Is Mandawuy Yunupingu dead?
He is not dead, but suffering from severe kidney disease.
