Is thee anyway to donate a kidney to someone?
Is there anyway you could help someone in need that isn’t family in need of a kidney or bone marrow? There are so many waiting and I am perfectly healthy and would not mind helping someone in need so they don’t have to just sit in a hospital and wait. Is there anyway I can do this?
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You have to get tested for compatibility and get into the donor bank for each of those donations.
Blood and bone marrow donations save lives every day. For more information about blood donation, call the American Red Cross at (800) GIVE LIFE, or visit http://www.redcross.org.
For information about bone marrow or blood stem cell donation, contact the National Marrow Donor Program at (800) MARROW2 or at http://www.marrow.org.
Livingdonors.org was developed by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), a major voluntary health organization that seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation. Through our living donor programs, NKF seeks to support living donors and their families and to provide educational resources to those considering donation.
Become a part of "People Like Us" a growing movement to empower, educate and enable people with chronic kidney disease (CKD), transplant recipients, donors and family members to become effective advocates on issues related to their health You can Email livingdonors@kidney.org to request information by mail.
That’s very noble of you.
In the United States, there is a national bone marrow registry ( http://www.marrow.org/ ) and all states have sites where you can register to become an organ donor. Info on kidney donation here: http://www.livingdonorsonline.org/kidney/kidneylinks.htm
As far as I know there’s no rule against it if you are of age. You can ask any hospital, they will tell you where to apply.
Bone marrow is produced continuously, so donating that is OK, but I think you shouldn’t give your kidney away. There’s no guarantee that you will not need it in the future.
You can sign a donation agreement after your death, which I have done. My driving license contains a ticked box for this.
I think you’re very brave
But it’s really painful, and you should seriously think about it before you do anything drastic
But still
Heres a website
http://www.livingdonorsonline.org/kidney/kidneyfaq.htm
And another
http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/how_to_become_a_donor/living_kidney_donation/living_kidney_donation.jsp
Are you serious? I would think your energy levels would drop. I guess if you really wanted to you could visit hospitals and find out who needed a kidney transplant. Then see if you where an appropriate match for them.