2007-02-04 14:42:51 · 6 answers · asked by Patsy K 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
It depends on your health. If you are healthy donating a kidney is not a bad decision.
2007-02-04 14:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by gopren 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-04-18 03:21:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No operation is without risks. Kidney removal is a surgical procedure. It is possible to get an infection or have some other mishap. Aside from that, a kidney donor would hate to need a kidney donated to him/her later in life. The screening process is very thorough. If one is screened and "passes", it only means that the donors risks are minimal or manageable. But... it is still not generally going to improve your health to remove body parts. I have high respect for such donors.
2007-02-11 07:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by Yowdy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person can actually live on just 20% of one kidney. That is why kidney disease is such a silent killer. As soon as you start showing symptoms, your kidneys are already shot. If you donate a kidney it will have no current or short term future consequences. As we get older, are kidneys start to lost functioning. A healthy person with two kidneys should live past a 100 with no discernable effects. A person who has donated is more at risk to have effects as they get really old. Probably not a problem, by the time we get to that age medicine will probably have implantable kidneys, or will grown one from your own stem cells. No kidding.
2007-02-04 15:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by Bauercvhs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Before the person can donate, they have to be tested by the doctor. If they aren't in real good health, the doctors won't take their kidneys.
2007-02-04 14:53:36 · answer #5 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if the kidney donor is in good health.
2007-02-09 15:15:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋