Post by: katieHaylor on 29/05/2018 11:40:08
I am male and a potential organ donor. When I die, could my organs (ie. heart, liver, kidneys etc) only be transplanted into another male... or could they, perhaps, be transplanted into a female? (Providing, of course, that our blood & tissue types etc were compatible; or would our different genders preclude this).
If organ transplants between genders IS possible; are there any body parts (besides the obvious) which could not be transplanted? I don't mind where my organs go, just as long as they can benefit someone.
What do you think?
Post by: evan_au on 29/05/2018 12:19:01
Quote from: US Tissue Matching
Ethnicity, gender, religion, and financial status are not part of the computer matching systemSee: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/learn/about-transplantation/donor-matching-system/
...but they do cheat a bit here, because tissue-matching fails more often with people of different ethnicities...
There have been some studies that looked for such effects, but found none:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24119046
Post by: alancalverd on 30/05/2018 06:54:18
On the flip side I heard a well-authenticated story of a woman who developed an unaccountable craving for chicken nuggets and beer, tracked down the donor of her new heart, and was told by his mother that her deceased biker son had lived on little else. They became great friends.
Post by: chris on 02/06/2018 10:41:44
'More Asians need to donate organs' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10777779
And not much seems to have changed in nearly 20 years:
More Asian organs needed - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/285322.stm - 1999
Organ transplants: Ethnic minorities urged to discuss donations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37236075 - 2016
Post by: RD on 02/06/2018 11:30:02
On the flip side I heard a well-authenticated story of a woman who developed an unaccountable craving for chicken nuggets and beer, tracked down the donor of her new heart, and was told by his mother that her deceased biker son had lived on little else. They became great friends.
If the recipient meets the donor's family there will be pressure on both sides to claim that the spirit of the donor lives on in the recipient ... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1299456
Post by: RD on 02/06/2018 11:43:11
... gender rarely affects organ donation stats; but ethnicity does ...
Apparently there is a religious dimension ...
religion Vs donor rates.png (24.89 kB . 575x537 - viewed 3217 times)https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article/26/2/437/1894177
Post by: CliffordK on 07/06/2018 09:45:20
How do they do the "cards" in Europe? Here, it is a question one fills out when one gets one's driver's license, then a code is put on the driver's license.
I have to wonder if men are typically greater risk takers than women, so perhaps also greater numbers of organ donors.
Post by: rami999 on 17/08/2018 22:26:33