What are the advantages and disadvantages of organ donation?
Donating can be selfless and rewarding and studies have shown that living donors live just as long as people who never donated. However, living kidney donors face some medical, financial, and emotional risks. There is no way to know who will have a specific problem.
Why is it important to donate a heart?
The blood that passes through the heart delivers vital oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body, and gets rid of unwanted carbon dioxide. Choosing to donate your heart could save someone's life.
What are the 4 types of organ donation?
What are the main types of donations? The four different types are: living donation, deceased donation, tissue donation and pediatric donation. The reality for many people on the organ transplant list is the wait can be lengthy and uncertain.
What organs can be donated after death?
Organs that can be transplanted are the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas and intestines. The skin, bone tissue (including tendons and cartilage), eye tissue, heart valves and blood vessels are transplantable forms of tissue.