What disqualifies you from being a liver donor?

What disqualifies you from being a liver donor?

You cannot be a liver donor if you: Are under age 18 or over age 60. Suffer from heart disease or lung disease. Have an incompatible blood type.

Who can donate liver to whom?

A living donor for liver transplant is a close family member defined as a ‘near relative’ in the THO Act. This is defined as spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents, and children of the recipient. Any of these can be a donor as long as they are healthy and pass all their tests and fulfil the requirements of the law.

Can a living liver donor survive?

Improved Outcomes: Recipients of living donor livers have an average 5 percent better long-term survival rate than recipients of deceased donor livers.

How hard is it to get a donor liver?

But finding a living donor may be difficult. Living liver donors go through extensive evaluation to ensure they are a match with the organ recipient and to assess their physical and mental health. The surgery also carries significant risks for the donor.

What makes you not eligible for a liver transplant?

Aged 65 years or older with other serious illness. With severe organ disease due to diabetes. With severe obesity. With severe and active liver disease such as hepatitis B.

What are the side effects of donating liver?

The risk associated with Liver Donation:

• Possible allergic reaction to anesthesia.
• Pain and discomfort.
• Nausea.
• Wound infection.
• Bleeding that may require transfusion.
• Blood clots.
• Pneumonia.
• Bile leakage, bile duct problems.

How many living liver donors have died?

Four living liver donors
Four living liver donors have died in the United States since 1999, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, including Arnold and another patient who died earlier this year at the Lahey Clinic in Massachusetts.

What are the requirements for live liver donation?

Live liver donor requirements include: Be a willing adult between age 18 and 60. Be willing to commit to the pre-donation evaluation process, surgery, and burden of recovery. Be a family member, friend, colleague, or close acquaintance. Be in good health and psychological condition. Be of compatible blood type. Have normal liver and kidney function.

What are the risks of live liver donation?

Risks Associated with Liver Donation. Even though live liver donation is considered a very safe operation, it involves major surgery and is associated with complications, which may include: Possible allergic reaction to anesthesia. Pain and discomfort. Nausea. Wound infection. Bleeding that may require transfusion.

What is the procedure for donating a liver?

This procedure is known as living donor liver transplantation. The donor must have major abdominal surgery to remove the part of the liver that will become the graft (also called a liver allograft, which is the name for the transplanted piece of liver).

Who qualifies for a liver transplant?

In order to be eligible for a liver transplant: You must have chronic irreversible liver disease that has not responded to other medical or surgical treatments. You must qualify for, and be able to, tolerate major surgery. You and your family members/support system must understand the risks and benefits of transplantation,…