Living donation provides one with the choice of saving two lives, and is
an alternate choice available for the transplant candidates. It is when someone
living donated their organs, usually after death organs are donated, but here
it can be done when one is alive. Even after the donation, the functioning of
the organs is intact, and both individuals are most of the time able to survive
perfectly well.
The living donors for this process are mostly the close friends or
family members, and the most common types of tissue transplants include of
Amnion, Blood, Healthy cells of umbilical cord and bone marrow.
Living donors can potentially donate:
§ Kidney: A potential donor can donate one of their two
kidneys. This procedure has been done several times, and has been very
effective. One kidney is helpful to both the recipient and donor, where one
kidney is functional to remove the waste as usual.
§ Liver: One of their two liver lobes can also be
donated, where cells of remaining lobe are able to regenerate or grow until an
almost original size of liver is achieved. This regeneration happens over a
short span of time, within both recipient and donor.
§ Others: A lung or a lung’s part, pancreas’ part, or
intestines’ part, can also be donated, but they don’t regenerate. Although both
of the donated part of organ as well as the remaining portion that is with
donor tend to function fully.
Transplants are one of the best treatments available for the people who
are facing organ failure. Usually the living donors are required to be
physically healthy and fit, between 18 to 60 years of age, have good health and
not have kidney disease, blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, or diabetes. So
to ensure the suitability, an evaluation is performed for emotional,
psychological and physical well-being.
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