Accidents are common parts of our routine life and sometimes the result comes out in very severe injury like damage of any organ. In this case, the patient needs organ and organ donor are the persons, who donate the required organ to injured person willingly. Today, organ transplantation has become a common thing in medical science thanks to organ donation. Here are some facts about organ donation and donors.
1. Organ Donation
The donation of any human organ from one person, either alive or dead, to another alive person for the sake of replacement of missing or damaged organ by means of organ transplantation technique is called organ donation.
2. Organ Donor
An organ donor is a person that willingly donates any of its organs to a needy person and do not demand anything as a return.
3. Method of Organ Transplantation
Surgery is the way of organ transplantation, but there some factors that a surgeon must consider before removing transplantable organs from the donor’s body to patient’s body. A surgeon must check the medical and biological history of donor to match with patient’s history.
4. Allo-transplantation
The surgical procedure that is involved in organ transplantation of human beings is called allo-transplantation that is much different from another surgical process of organ transplantation called xeno-transplantation in which transfer of animal organ to human being is carried out.
5. Reason to become donor
According to a recent survey, more than 98,000 people are waiting for organ donors and almost 2,000 people are increasing in this list worldwide.
6. No Side Effects
Another reason to become an organ donor is that, there are no harmful effects in organ donation not only just after the surgery but for the remaining life as well.
7. No Time Wastage
If you want to become an organ donor, but have no time then don’t miss this noble deed, as it will take just a few minutes to transplant organ. So, there is no wastage of time.
8. One donor can save 50 people
It has been estimated that one donor can save almost 50 people by tissue donation and almost 8 person by organ donation as well.
9. Recommended Age for Organ Donor
The recommended age for organ donor is 65 years or even more especially in skin, corneas and bone donation. You can say that 65 years is an acceptable age for the donors.
10. Youngsters Need for Organ Donation
Almost one quarter of people, who are waiting for organ donation, are less than 14 years old means youngsters.