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When an organ transplant is not accepted by an individual?
It results in "organ rejection".
Which transplant method would prevent the rejection of tissue after an organ transplant?
Using organs cloned from the cells of the patient.
Which transplant method would prevent the rejection tissue after an organ transplant?
Using organs cloned from the cells of the patient.
What is an azathioprine?
An azathioprine is an immunosuppressant used in organ transplant and autoimmune diseases to prevent rejection.
To reject a organ is called?
Organ Rejection.
Who gets iatrogenic KS?
Iatrogenic KS, is observed in kidney and liver transplant patients who take immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection of their organ transplant
What does tissue rejection mean?
after a graft or transplant, the immune response of the recipient to foreign tissue cells, with production of antibodies and eventually destruction of the transplanted organ. acute rejection , acute cellular rejection , cellular rejection.
Why would many transplant patient first suffer from germ infection rather than organ rejection?
Because initially after transplant the patient is on a huge amount of immuno-suppressants. Their immune system is very compromised, allowing infections to develop. However organ rejection does not occur because of the immuno-suppressants.
What organ contains the drug to reduce the risk of rejection that are given to organ transplant?
It is not an organ which contains the immunosuppressive drugs used to prevent rejection - the drugs are manufactured in a laboratory, in the same manner that something as simple as Paracetamol would be manufactured. These drugs can then be given to the transplant recipient orally (including via a nasal-gastric tube) or via an IV drip.
What does rejicting the organ means?
Organ rejection is a term used in transplant surgery. When an organ is transplanted, heart, liver, lung, kidney etc. the recipients body will see it as an invader and try to reject it. Anti-rejection drugs are administered to counter this natural reaction.
Why cyclosporine given to transplant patients?
It is an anti rejection medication. That is to say it suppresses the immune system so it does not fight the foreign material (solid organ or soft tissue transplant)
What are some risks of having a transplant?
If the donors tissue doesn't match yours, your bodies immune system sees the new organ as a threat and destroys it. After an organ transplant, you will need to take anti rejection medicines, or immunosuppressants, for as long as you have the donor organ. Because your immune system will try to destroy the new organ, anti rejection medicines are needed to decrease your immune system's response so the new organ stays healthy.
