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Organ Transplants
If an organ is severely damaged it can be
replaced by a donated natural organ
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Organ donations
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Living donors can donate certain organs
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Organs can be transplanted from people who have recently died or who are brain dead,
but the family's consent is needed before the organs can be used for a transplant
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One suggestion is to have an opt-out system were anyone's organs can be used unless
the person has registered to say they don't want their organs to be donated
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Doctors must make scientific decisions based on the likelihood ofthe transplant being a success
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These include whether the patient and donor:
similar tissues — closer the tissue match the more likely the transplant
the
success

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be a

Are similar ages —a child's organ is less likely to be transplanted successfully in an adult
and vice versa
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Some people are less likely to get an organ
transplant if they are unlikely to survive the operation
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For example:
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People with cirrhosis of the liver might not be considered for a liver transplant unless they
stop drinking as more alcohol would damage their new liver

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Being obese can damage the heart
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Obese people also have a greater risk of
dying after surgery so they might also have to lose weight for other transplants, e
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liver
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In a recent
poll 47% of the public said alcoholics should not be given a liver transplant
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