Organ Transplants

Some transplants simply do not work. Until the transplanted organ is in place in the patient's body and connected, it is not possible to know if it is going to 'function' or not. At this stage, it is obviously not possible to go back. The length of time that the organ has been out of the body before transplantation adversely affects how the graft (organ) functions. Sometimes it affects grafts in very odd ways; the graft can be transplanted in appearing healthy, but does not work. If the patient is retransplanted, or if the organ is removed during an autopsy within a few days, the graft can by covered in small tumors, or hard patches, all in the space of days. (All organs are thoroughly checked for abnormalities before transplantation). So far it's not possible to tell if a transplant is going to be "successful" or not; it's still guesswork. Some transplants fail due to organ rejection (whether acute or chronic), some fail due to non-compliance with drug regimes, some fail for unknown reasons.

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Heart transplants require the patient to take immuno-suppresive medication for the rest of their lives. Plus if the heart is put in place during surgery, but fails to work, you're rather stuck. This is less likely to happen with a mechanical replacement.

It should be an entirely personal choice, so definitely emotional; but obviously family members will need to know your wishes because the organs have to removed as quickly as possible after death, so that gives both domestic and emotional components to the choice.

(I write as one who chose to be on the National Health Service's organ-donor register.)

It depends on what protocol your transplant clinic uses. Mine does require 5mg daily.

Depends why you are having the kidney transplant. If it is because you were on dialysis then you need to keep to the restricted diet you would have been given. Sometimes operations are cancelled at the last moment (surgeon got the flue etc etc) so you would not want to poison your body if then the transplant does not take effect.

If however the transplant is required because you injured a kidney i.e. otherwise perfectly healthy, then eat within reason just before the operation (as long as not after the time they tell you to then cease food consumption), but eat what you like.

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Most can't for rejection reasons, but they can do small things like fingers. Drugs are getting better all the time though, there have been a couple successful face transplants which was unheard of before.

The development of the anti suppressent drug Cylosporine by Dr.Callum Hume was the reason for the improvement in organ transplants in 1954.

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An estimated 50,000 men receive hair transplants each year

All transplant recipients can still vomit afterwards. However if they are taking a category of drug called an "anti-emetic", they may vomit less frequently.

I believe you can

Yes, I just got a big black one transplanted...and it works great!!!

NO, no cost is charged to the family or the deased for donating organs

I don't believe it is, but it is still in experimental stages. Genetically modified animal organs have not yet been used for human transplants. Thus the legality has not yet been tested. However there does not seem any real reason for it to be illegal; the organ only affects one person (not like a entire population eating GM meat) and it seems more 'ethical' than using a cadaveric donor (which has the issues of judging 'death' and 'consent of donation' attached to it), plus since the organ will have been created with the recipient's' in question DNA, which means they will not require immuno-suppressants. There should be fewer side-effects from drugs.

Yes. Why would you want to though?

A young adult that has died has healthier organs than an older person. For those that need organ transplants they need every edge they can get so the organ donated will 'take' in the patients body. This is an individual decision to make and if a young person is uncomfortable about it they should refuse until they are in their late 20's to 30's and can make a better decision then.

The advantages with using animal organs for transplants to human's (xenotransplantation) are that humans that are in need of an organ, will not have to wait as long. People who are on the donor list have to wait a long time for the organ they need, as blood type, size and the death of someone willing to donate their organs, need to be beared in mind. Hope this helps

The new kidney may start functioning immediately, or may take several weeks to begin producing urine. Living donor kidneys are more likely to begin functioning earlier than cadaver kidneys,

Moral issues, humanity controversy. Ask yourself, why do they sell chicken meat and not human's? Same reason.

Because herpes is not blood borne, there is no need to test for herpes when donating blood.

According to the Australian red cross Q and A

Herpes - I have genital herpes. Can I donate?

Yes, provided you are not currently suffering a current episode. Any lesions from a recent episode must be clean and dry.

Yes. Dr. James Hardy did heart transplants on animals before human beings.

In some cases children are given higher priority over adults when waiting for organs. There are many reasons for this: one of the main ones is that a child's health tends to be far less stable than an adult's, even when they are both dying from the same stage of the same disease - children can deteriorate very quickly, and are not always able to articulate how exactly they feel ill, which can slow down the process of diagnoses. These situations are complex and very risky to the child involved.

Secondly, being very ill in childhood will impact a lot subsequently throughout their life - generally these children will have reduced rates of growth and development compared to healthy children, and these children do not always catch up after they have been transplanted. In that respect, it is worthwhile attempting to minimise the impact of being ill on their growth and development. (Adults do not have this problem. )

These are two pretty compelling medical reasons why children should be first, however there are also ethical reasons, such as whether it would be right to put the health of an adult (who's had a much longer lifespan) ahead of the health of a child (who has not had the privilege of a long life).