How to determine compatiblity for organ transplant?
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1.blood type testing\n2, tissue type testing\n3. size of organ\n4. health of donor
1082307
Check it out... I can answer seriously...\n\nI gave my kidney away to a friend 8 or 9 years ago. Honest and no joke. Our tissue matches up like brothers and he has not had an issue with rejection. My kidney dr. is all pissed at me though for not drinking enough water through the day... kidney stones and all...\n\n I have often wondered about the tissue though. What is the DNA of the grafting and connecting tissue from my old kidney to his body anyway?\n\n I won't even go into the spiritual side of it... Yes the Bearded One has a spiritual side...\n\n I'm watching this question though. Nice to know I'm not the only one who has thought about this...\n\nIf you ever want to give up a kidney however, Swedish Med on the hill in Seattle is THE BEST!!!\n\n The actually made me a steak, Rare! AT 4:AM!!!\n\nI also proposed to a nurse while in the morph drip... that was fun.\nGetting the cath out was a pain...\n\n But I'd do it again.
539792
Try here:\n\nhttp://www.kidneytransplant.org/patientguide/index.html
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Human may survive for short period with an animal heart implanted on them. The immune systems organ rejection reaction would be the main problem in such situation which will be result to systems failure and will eventually lead to death. \n\nSuch thing you are referring to is called xenotransplantation  which is the transplantation of cells, tissues or organs from one species to another.  Immune rejection remains the biggest challenge for xenotransplantation.\n\nRead this excerpt from wikipedia:\n"The first cross-species heart transplant was performed in 1964, in which a 68-year-old man received a chimpanzee heart. He survived only two hours. Several other attempts have been made to transplant primate hearts into humans, with no patients surviving more than twenty-one days."☺
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Part of me thinks it is acceptable with the alcoholics/smokers thing because if I donated my organs I'd want them to go to someone who would deserve & appreciate them not just use them to be able to cause a bit more damage to themselves.\n\nI'd draw the line at the white,black,chinese,muslim bit because at the end of the day as long as that person isn't going to abuse that organ again we're all just people wanting to get better,it doesn't matter what race or religion we are.
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I have a transplanted liver and kidney. .For 2 years almost all my blood work was crazy... don't worry it takes time.  This May will b my 3rd anniversary and this months blood work only has 4 of 30 tests not in normal range... e mail me if you want.
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Asthma:\nDonation acceptable as long as you are not having difficulty breathing at the time of donation and you otherwise feel well. Medications for asthma do not disqualify you from donating.
730268
No, what if that person's organs die before they are removed? What if the organ's are not compatible? then the suicide would be useless. \n\nDepending on what is needed, sometimes a person can donate while they remain alive.\n\nDonating is a great virtue, but all within it's own time, suicide affects many people and may even affect the person waiting on a transplant
652679
You need to talk to your physician about that.  Transplant patients are all different and needs individual assesment.
1149383
well since the cells are from your own body... you're going to continue to be susceptible to genetic conditions.\n\ni guess, offhand, let's say you have cystic fibrosis and you want to have a lung transplant through therapeutic cloning.\n\nthe defect in the lungs is caused by a mutant gene that is present in your cells. because this gene is still present in the cloned cells, the cloned lung will have the same defect as the one you're looking to replace. so that's one problem.\n\nsince this hasn't been done yet, we can't tell for sure what complications could occur during the process of organ development and how that would impact the health of the transplantee.
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Get an organ donor card from any hospital or health centre.\n\nOtherwise I don't think there is anywhere in the UK where living people can donate their livers.
802125
Provided that it's flushed out properly, packaged carefully at the right temperature to reduce cell metabolism you're looking at about 4 to 5 hours. The transplant can still be performed after that, but the organ's life-span in the recipient decreases the longer it's not being perfused with oxygenated blood, which is why 'beating heart' donations are being looked at as a preferable option.
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Yes, it depends on your medical /mental condition, your Dr. will decide that point.\nI had my first transplant in Dec.1995 it lasted for 10 years, I had a Pancreas transplant in Dec. 2000, and my third transplant, a kidney in Dec. 05. As long as you want this to happen, and your health is good it will happen.\nA piece of advice, DO NOT wait for UNOS to find you a donor, get out now and find a living donor, family, friends , if you go to church ask anyone and every one to be tested, you will be surprised who will say yes, and even more surprised who matches you..\nGood luck\nfeel free to e-mail me any questions you might have..
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usually there are no donor complications.  Go to \nwww.kidneyfoundation.org for more information.\nMy husband received a cadavaric kidney on Oct.30, 2005 incidentally..so I am way familiar with transplant.
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Looks like there are a few online chat sites and support groups for transplant recipients\n\nhttp://groups.msn.com/TransplantSupportLungHeartLungHeart\n\nhttp://www.transweb.org/people/recips/resources/support/nocal.html\n\nhttp://www.amdahl.com/ext/batrio/calendar.html\n\nhttp://www.otsfriends.org/\n\nhttp://www.changeofheartsupport.com/
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about 60-75% everybody's body protein is basically the same DNA but because each of us have subtle diffrences the Proteins and Amino Acids combine differently. Sometimes the transplants are not always successful for that reason. It is not easy to find a 100%match because like snowflakes everybody is different. Hopefully if people would stop being so closed-minded , religiously over zealous, and ignorant about STEM CELL RESEARCH maybe we can solve a lot more problems like this one. Until then check out this book:\n\n                    THE EYE CARE REVOLUTION By Dr. Robert Abel Jr.
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Yes, he would still theoretically be a candidate for transplant. In fact, he would have to have a stable cardiovascular situation before he would be safe for transplant surgery.\n\nGood luck, the waiting list is long.