Organ donation process is the removal of
tissue or an organ, surgically, from an organ donor, which is then placed into
the recipient that is the person who requires the transplant. Transplantation
process is helpful and necessary as the organ of the recipient has failed to
function or is damaged due to injury or disease, in which case the
transplantation and donation is required.
This process of transplantation and
donation has been the greatest advance in the medicine area. However, it is
unfortunate to see that the requirement of organ donors that are the
recipients, has been a lot more than the ones who donates actually. Many people
are dying waiting for the organ donation.
Some of the facts and information
related to Organ donor and transplantation:
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The
tissues and organs that are possible to be transplanted consists of Liver,
Kidney, Pancreas, Heart, Lung, Intestine, Cornea, Middle ear, Skin, Bone, Bone
marrow, Heart valves, Connective tissue, and Vascularized composite allografts
(VCA) includes transplantation of skin, bone, muscles, and nerves.
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People
with any age can consider themselves as a potential donor. After a person’s
death, based upon the age and medical history, they are evaluated to see their
suitability to be a potential donor or not.
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If you
are in need for getting tissue or an organ transplant, then you are required to
get upon the national list for waiting. In order to get upon this list, you
will have to go to transplant hospital, where the doctor will be examining you,
based on which it would be decided whether you are an eligible transplant candidate
or not. If you are then you will be added to the list, and then you will have
to wait which may take some time.
Transplant team is send the organ as per
the best match, where they either accept or reject based upon medical criteria
and other factors. If it doesn’t then they have to forward it to next patient
who is on the waiting list, and the same process is continued till the organ
has been placed.
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