ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
Although modern science and technology has made transplantation of organs
more successful now then in the past, sadly, many people each year die waiting
for donor organs.
There are a variety of reasons why not everyone who needs an organ
can receive one, even when it is available. Pre-existing medical problems, risk of
rejection, advanced age, and high cost of the procedure itself are only a few
reasons that keep the dying patient waiting. However, the most common cause
of the long wait is organ availability.
What limits the availability of these organs? Basically, people fear
becoming donors, if they do make that decision, often they fail to communicate
that wish to their families. The consent of the family at the time of the donors
demise contributes to this scarcity.
Ravaging diseases people encounter will certainly be fatal to many
without an organ replacement. Diabetes is one of the most severe diseases,
it virtually attacks, the entire body. Kidney failure is another, it keeps a patient on
dialysis to filter out the toxins from their blood, the only way of surviving while
awaiting a donor organ. Everyone on dialysis is a also a candidate.
Other barriers exist, such as waiting for the proper donor. Both donor and
recipient have to match compatibly in tissue typing and blood type. Even with the
aid of computers to do the matching, risk of rejections still remains a reality.
Only an organ from an identical twin assures an exact match.
Despite the odds, survivability of recipients have made great strides over
the decades. Immunosuppressant drugs have made that a reality. Yet, the
sad truth remains, many will die waiting, unless there are more organ donors
to save their lives.
ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
Although modern science and technology has made transplantation of organs
more successful now then in the past, sadly, many people each year die waiting
for donor organs.
There are a variety of reasons why not everyone who needs an organ
can receive one, even when it is available. Pre-existing medical problems, risk of
rejection, advanced age, and high cost of the procedure itself are only a few
reasons that keep the dying patient waiting. However, the most common cause
of the long wait is organ availability.
What limits the availability of these organs? Basically, people fear
becoming donors, if they do make that decision, often they fail to communicate
that wish to their families. The consent of the family at the time of the donors
demise contributes to this scarcity.
Ravaging diseases people encounter will certainly be fatal to many
without an organ replacement. Diabetes is one of the most severe diseases,
it virtually attacks, the entire body. Kidney failure is another, it keeps a patient on
dialysis to filter out the toxins from their blood, the only way of surviving while
awaiting a donor organ. Everyone on dialysis is a also a candidate.
Other barriers exist, such as waiting for the proper donor. Both donor and
recipient have to match compatibly in tissue typing and blood type. Even with the
aid of computers to do the matching, risk of rejections still remains a reality.
Only an organ from an identical twin assures an exact match.
Despite the odds, survivability of recipients have made great strides over
the decades. Immunosuppressant drugs have made that a reality. Yet, the
sad truth remains, many will die waiting, unless there are more organ donors
to save their lives.
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