If you are a person who is waiting for an organ transplantation surgery must have heard a lot of stories and myths concerning organ transplantation. The general public has quite false knowledge about this unique surgery. There are myths like the rich and powerful are always favoured in case of the recipient list. This false belief that people can pay of to get organs has been major down for the donation and transplantation cause.
Rumours and myths will always be there, but there are actually many interesting facts about organ transplantation which neither the common people not the patients know about. Awareness can be created but gaining more knowledge about these facts and sharing them with as many people possible. The more people know, the more people will come forward for organ donation, which will eventually save the life of a person.
Here are some really interesting facts about organ transplants which you should know about:
- Between the years of 1988 and 2012 about 1 in every 14 transplant patient was a child in the United States. In the US about 7 percent of the overall transplant recipients were found to be kids.
- There is a popular myth that heart transplants have higher chances of going wrong in the evenings as the doctor after working the whole day might be tired and commit mistakes. This was found to be utterly nonsense and there was no connection between the time and the success of heart transplantation.
- It might seem weird but according to a study in Japan, it was found that listening to music lowered the rejection rates of heart transplant done in mice. This wasn’t tested on human but music did reduce the stress and pain of the patients and promoted relaxation.
- A study found that rejection rates of patients were much less when the donor was the same gender as the recipient.
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