Two kidneys are at work inside Human body, when kidneys cease to function properly because of some ailment or an accident
then death is sure. Even though it is tried to keep the person alive for few more days with the help of dialyses technique, however the life of the sufferer is headed towards death.
In such a situation one of the remarkable discoveries of medical science has proven very useful, that a person can survive even if one of his kidneys is functioning properly and he is saved from dying. That is why “Kidney
Transplant” is an
important process
Before a kidney transplant, first a fall the recipient of the kidney is being examined to check if the recipient is fit for the kidney transplant. Then a qualified doctor also examines the donor to find out whether the donor is also fit to donate kidney. For the donor, it is important that he does not suffer from any incurable disease, donor’s age is also considered to ascertain whether he will be able to lead a confortable and healthy live once he donates his kidney.
Now it’s the turn of blood group of the donor and the recipient. It is important that the blood group of both the donor and the recipient is of same HLA (Human Leukocyte). Only when this condition is satisfied, than the body of recipient accepts the kidney of the donor. An expert and a modern laboratory are required to perform this analysis.
After successful result is achieved above, then the recipient is given medicines which help to lower his body''s resistance power. Two teams of doctors perform the operations on both the persons in two adjacent operations theatre. Kidney is extracted from the body of the donor along with the blood vessels and is kept in a liquid before being transplanted into recipients body
A kidney received from a dead body can be kept safe and usable up to 24 hours. After the transplant recipient is kept in a separate room so as to prevent any infection. Recipient’s body starts to accept the kidney fast due to the affect of the medicines to lessen the resistance power of the body.
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Even after successful transplant, the recipient may have to face problems for rest of his life. Also he may become prone to infections and medicines need to be taken throughout the life.