If you donate an organ, does the organ live as long as the new body it's in or does it die at the same time it would have in the original body.
(Like, if a 40 year old gives their organ to a 20 year old, will the organ last as long as the 20 year old's body or will it die 20 years earlier and need to be replaced again?)
(wouldn't it be weird if the same organ could keep getting donated into people's bodies and live for like 400 years?)
Re: curious...kikaynessJanuary 7 2009, 02:15:12 UTC
you can't do that.. pt. donors are highly screened for certain antibodies.. that make it possible to be transplanted into another person...
and the organ recipient will recognize a foreign body and try to reject it..
basically.. there's not an exact time frame as to how long the organ will be good...so i don't think it's gonna "pick" an age to be (whether 40 or 20).. it's just basically gonna fight for it's life to not be rejected in the recipient
p.s. i've seen a lung transplant make it to her 10-year
what am i? a nurse on a cardiothoracic unit that deals with heart and lung transplants or something?! =)
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(Like, if a 40 year old gives their organ to a 20 year old, will the organ last as long as the 20 year old's body or will it die 20 years earlier and need to be replaced again?)
(wouldn't it be weird if the same organ could keep getting donated into people's bodies and live for like 400 years?)
-GG
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and the organ recipient will recognize a foreign body and try to reject it..
basically.. there's not an exact time frame as to how long the organ will be good...so i don't think it's gonna "pick" an age to be (whether 40 or 20).. it's just basically gonna fight for it's life to not be rejected in the recipient
p.s. i've seen a lung transplant make it to her 10-year
what am i? a nurse on a cardiothoracic unit that deals with heart and lung transplants or something?!
=)
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