Question 1

my mother is 42y and her pet report shows that she have got hypermetabolic lymph nodes.actually she is a kidney donor can c donate her kidnry or not?

Accepted Answer

Doctors may want...: Doctors may want to evaluate a potential kidney donor to see why she has "hypermetabolic lymph nodes". If no serious medical problem is found, the doctors may feel more comfortable having her as a donor.

Question 2

how do i sign up to be a kidney donor?

Accepted Answer

On your: License if you are dead
or if you want to donate only one kidney
you can tell someone at your local transplant program.  Call the dept of surgery.

Question 3

how can i become a living kidney donor?

Accepted Answer

Kidney donor: The answer to your question is too long for this space. Please go to this website for more information about your request to be a kidney donor for someone in need of a kidney:

http://www.Giveakidney.Org/

good luck.

Question 4

how dangerous is it to be a kidney donor?

Accepted Answer

See below: It is generally very safe , and you can survive on one kidney. You need to be evaluated for donating a kidney and make sure you have no health problems and you yourself have normal kidney function.

Question 5

how does one become a living kidney donor?

Accepted Answer

Contact organ bank: Or research local hospital where kidney transplants are performed & contact their transplant or nephrology department to inform them of your wish to donate. In philly, you could call kidney transplant program at children's hospital or at u. Penn. In new england can contact www.Neob.Org. By donating you would be giving the gift of life.

Question 6

what is the youngest age to be a kidney donor?

Accepted Answer

Age of consent: Medico legal and ethical issues are involved , a 15 year can not donate the kidney to parents, can not give consent, .

Question 7

what are the criteria for being a kidney donor?

Accepted Answer

There are many: It requires an extensive answer--you need to check with your local transplant center.  In general you need to be healthy, have two normal kidneys and have no major surgical risk or risk for future disease that effects kidney function.  Organ donation needs to be voluntary, free of coercion, and remember it is a felony to give or accept valuable consideration (money) for donation.

Question 8

what should i do while waiting for a kidney donor?

Accepted Answer

Kidney donor: You should continue to take good care of yourself.  If the degree of renal failure is such that you are on dialysis, continue with your scheduled dialysis.  Work on improving your health as much as possible (weight loss, exercise, etc), so that the surgery will go as well as possible.

Question 9

if i am a kidney donor, do i get paid for my organs?

Accepted Answer

No: Selling organs is illegal in the United States and in most other countries as well.

Question 10

what would be the basis for being a kidney donor match?

Accepted Answer

Blood, Tissue match: Blood group and tissue match.Here are the websites for more information


http://www.transplantliving.org/living-donation/being-a-living-donor/ and tissue match.

http://www.unos.org/docs/living_donation.pdf.

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My mother is 42y and her pet report shows that she have got hypermetabolic lymph nodes.actually she is a kidney donor can c donate her kidnry or not?

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