Organ Transplants

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a bit more info...within the last week the 66 year old has developed jaundice, gall stones, internal bleeding from apparent ulcer and spiked bilirubin levels (when compared to tests 3 weeks ago for regular hep c blood screening). dr. declared cirrhosis and suggested transplant. will this effect probability of transplant?

On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky.

On avergage how many people in the United States will need an organ transplant? On average how many people in the world will need a organ transplant? Why is selling a organ illegal?

pneumonia and other infectious diseases; excessive bleeding; and liver disorders caused by blocked blood vessels. In addition, the new organ may be rejected

All organs have been successfully transplanted except the brain.

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.

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Most limb and male genitalia transplants are considered unsuccessful. Either they reject, or the patient does not become psychologically used to having the graft. (Typically limb grafts have limited sensation due to nerve damage during surgery (it's inevitable). This also means that the graft may have limited movement.) Both of these reasons add up to the general experience of limb transplantation patients - they all seem to describe a feeling of the limb "not belonging to them".

Generally, transplants that are "visible" have a profound psychological impact upon the patient.

Testes are not commonly transplanted. Transplanted organs are usually only the organs that are absolutely vital for life, (e.g hearts, lungs, kidneys...) rather than non essentials such as arms, testes, large intestines... Also, a teste transplant would mean that the sperm was that of the donor, not the recipient.

You have a "transplant assessment" at a transplant hospital. It usually involves ultrasounds, blood tests, MRI's, EEG's, ECG's, psychological assessments and a chest x-ray. (But that depends on what transplant you need). If, at the end of all that you are considered a suitable candidate for a transplant, your name is added to the waiting list for a transplant by the hospital's transplant coordinator.

pros: * cheap * abundant * no moral conflicts. (maybe just a little) * more Donors * easy to get hold of cons: * never the right size. * requires close watch on the donar vs host rejection snydrome as the immune system find them really easy to spot. * Ethicly wrong

potential kidney recipients must undergo a comprehensive physical evaluation. In addition to the compatibility testing, radiological tests, urine tests, and a psychological evaluation will be performed.

Pacemaker implantation is a invasive surgical procedure, internal bleeding, infection, hemorrhage, and embolism are all possible complications. Infection is more common in patients with temporary pacing systems.

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The purpose of an organ transplant is to replace any vital organ not functioning and help revive (partial transplant)/make survival possible by donor organ.

Tissue typing involves checking that the organ destined for transplant has the same tissue type as the patient that is due to receive the organ requires. Tissue typing is usually only done on kidney transplants - other organs only require matching bloodtype and size.

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Organs to be transplanted lack oxygen, nutrients and other essential materials, since they have been idle for a long time.

Osmosis and diffusion help these organs filled with these essential materials, such as water, nutrients and materials, as if they were attached in the human body.

BTW, osmosis is the flow of water from less concentration of solutes to high. Diffusion is the scattering of particles from higher cont to lower.

Permanently post-transplant. i.e forever. (for 99.9% of cases. There's always a few exceptions, e.g for identical twins).

To prevent rejection you need to take immunosupressive medication. These medications lower/suppress your immune system so it won't attack the transplanted organ.

cyclosporin, mycophenolate, tacrolimus are examples of immune suppressing medication.

It's really a personal preference to become an organ donor. You can always ask a person if they are and if they're not, persuade them other wise ... but it may come off as strange. You can also make start a campaign ad stating how many lives are saved by donors and how you should become one to help someone in need. Other than that, making people do things is frowned upon.

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The first organ transplant occurred in 1954, when Ronald Lee Herrick donated one of his kidneys to his brother, Richard. The surgery was led by Dr. Joseph Murray, who later won a Nobel prize for developing the surgical technique regarding kidney transplants.

Because kidney dialysis, although effective, is not a long term solution due to the huge amount of time it requires. Dialysis is just not convenient - for a patient with very little kidney function, dialysis it takes up a vast amount of time each week, is not possible to do on holidays, and women cannot have children whist on dialysis.

Whereas a kidney transplant is far more portable than a dialysis machine, does allow the possibility of children, and does not require a vast amount of maintenance per week. Although it does require daily medication and periodic check-ups, for most people it is still the "easier" long-term solution, compared to dialysis.