Organ donation saves lives In 2012, 12,000 Germans needed an organ donation, but only 2,777 donations existed to save lives ("THIS HOUSE WOULD ALLOW DONATIONS OF VITAL ORGANS EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DONOR 'S LIFE"). Roughly around one-fourth of people who needed a donation received the medical donation they needed to improve their quality of life or even to survive. Three fourths of people did not receive the help they needed due to the lack of donors. While still living or upon death individuals need to consider donating their organs for these reasons and others.
Individuals first need to understand the organ donation process. To understand why the donation of organs should increase, clarification on why recipients need organs must be …show more content…
Each of these immensely important organs perform a vital task in the human body. The most common organ for donation, the kidneys, balance liquids and keep the blood stream clean ("What Organs Can Be Donated"). As well, a surplus of recipients need organs; over 100,000 individuals need a donation to live a long, healthy life ("Consumer Health"). Every 12 minutes doctors put someone on a waiting list to receive organs; approximately 21 individuals lose their lives daily because they do not receive the needed organs ("Organ Donation Facts"). The patient’s condition, blood type, and the time the receiver spends on the waiting list determine the order of who receives the organ first ("Minnesota Organ Donation - Info on Donating Organs in MN"). Furthermore, although a possibility of the donation being rejected by the recipient 's body can occur, doctors have studied transplant rejection, when the immune system of the receiver recognizes the newly transplanted organ as an intruder in the body, and know what to monitor in those patients. The chance of a healthier life outweighs the slim chance of rejection. Frequently, transplant rejection occurs when the donors …show more content…
Most importantly, living donation offers an exceptional option for the donor; half of all donations come from living individuals. Additionally, to be considered as a living donor, the individual has to be in decent health, free from disease, willing to donate, and free from mental health problems. Also, only certain organs have the ability to qualify for living donation. Organs available for donation include the following: kidneys, a lobe of a lung, a lobe of liver, a section of the intestines, and part of the pancreas ("Living Organ Donation: Healthwise Medical Information on EMedicineHealth"). Moreover, live donation will not change the donor 's life expectancy and gender/race does not become a factor in donation. Kidneys have the ability to be regenerated, while other organs cannot, but typically no complications follow the removal of the organ. The recovery from saving a life can fall between two to six weeks ("Living
Individuals first need to understand the organ donation process. To understand why the donation of organs should increase, clarification on why recipients need organs must be …show more content…
Each of these immensely important organs perform a vital task in the human body. The most common organ for donation, the kidneys, balance liquids and keep the blood stream clean ("What Organs Can Be Donated"). As well, a surplus of recipients need organs; over 100,000 individuals need a donation to live a long, healthy life ("Consumer Health"). Every 12 minutes doctors put someone on a waiting list to receive organs; approximately 21 individuals lose their lives daily because they do not receive the needed organs ("Organ Donation Facts"). The patient’s condition, blood type, and the time the receiver spends on the waiting list determine the order of who receives the organ first ("Minnesota Organ Donation - Info on Donating Organs in MN"). Furthermore, although a possibility of the donation being rejected by the recipient 's body can occur, doctors have studied transplant rejection, when the immune system of the receiver recognizes the newly transplanted organ as an intruder in the body, and know what to monitor in those patients. The chance of a healthier life outweighs the slim chance of rejection. Frequently, transplant rejection occurs when the donors …show more content…
Most importantly, living donation offers an exceptional option for the donor; half of all donations come from living individuals. Additionally, to be considered as a living donor, the individual has to be in decent health, free from disease, willing to donate, and free from mental health problems. Also, only certain organs have the ability to qualify for living donation. Organs available for donation include the following: kidneys, a lobe of a lung, a lobe of liver, a section of the intestines, and part of the pancreas ("Living Organ Donation: Healthwise Medical Information on EMedicineHealth"). Moreover, live donation will not change the donor 's life expectancy and gender/race does not become a factor in donation. Kidneys have the ability to be regenerated, while other organs cannot, but typically no complications follow the removal of the organ. The recovery from saving a life can fall between two to six weeks ("Living