Living donation takes place when a living person donates an organ or part of an organ for transplantation to another person. Living donation is an alternative for individuals who are waiting on the transplant list for a deceased donor organ.

Kidney Transplants performed from living donors may have several advantages compared to transplants performed from deceased donors:

• There is no need to wait for a cadaveric kidney to become available (most living transplants take place four to six months after the evaluation process begins).
• The kidney usually begins to work immediately, even in the operating room. There is a very low occurrence of ATN (acute tubular nephrosis) in living transplants. A cadaveric kidney may not work right away for several reasons. This is known as ATN.
• There are fewer episodes of rejection. As a result, living donated kidneys tend to last longer.
• There is a need for less immunosuppressive drugs, which therefore minimizes the possible side effects.
• 可以安排生活相关移植。这允许您和捐助者计划缺席工作，育儿和其他社会问题

为了有资格作为一个活生生的捐赠者，个人必须身体健康，良好的一般健康，没有高血压，糖尿病，癌症，肾病和心脏病。性别和比赛不是用于确定成功匹配的因素。作为活体供体，您必须先经过血液检查以确定您的血型是否与接收者兼容。如果您和收件人具有兼容的血液类型，那么您将经过广泛的身体工作，以确保您捐赠它是安全的。

生活捐赠者不必与需要肾移植的人有关。也接受了利他或非针对捐助者。一个利他主义的捐助者志愿者，在没有知识的情况下放弃肾脏会接受谁。

If your blood type is not compatible with your intended recipient’s blood type, a special program called paired exchange donation may allow your loved one to be transplanted as a direct result of your gift. Incompatible donors and their recipients are placed together on a special paired living donation registry. When incompatible pairs are matched with other incompatible pairs on the registry, one donor donates a kidney to another recipient in exchange for a compatible living donor kidney for their recipient.

The decision to become a living donor is a voluntary one, and you may change your mind at any time during the process. Your decision and reasons are kept confidential.

The pre-operative evaluation, surgery, hospital stay, and outpatient visits, as well as any medical treatment related to the donor surgery within the first three months will not cost you anything. The recipient’s insurance company will pay for all costs that are not covered by your insurance.

您唯一与肾脏捐赠相关的直接费用可能是您在从医疗中心回家后可能需要的止痛药等药物。您还需要支付与评估和手术相关的运输和非医院住宿费用。请记住，您应该提前计划您的家庭费用和财务，以便在评估，手术和全面恢复期间下班的时间。请务必咨询贵公司的人力资源部门，以了解您的选择属于家庭医疗休假法案，以及短期残疾和休假。这将是您决策过程的重要组成部分。

As with any major surgery, there is always a risk of infection or bleeding. Rejection of the donated kidney is also possible.

我们的辅导员可以在移植之前，期间和后在您可能拥有的任何感受或疑虑之前与您交谈。

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This decision is made jointly by the transplant team, by you, and by the recipient. The transplant team, particularly the physicians involved directly in your recipient's care, will determine as accurately as possible the best time to do the transplant, based on the recipient's medical condition.

可能发生许多事件，可能会改变移植日期。例如，收件人的病情可能会恶化到他或她对移植过度恶心的程度。或者，接受者或供体可能会发生感染或需要在移植完成之前需要治疗的其他条件。

All donors are screened and tested before donation to ensure that removing the organ will not affect their health. Living donation does not increase risk of kidney failure or future health complications. Most donors return to their daily routine following recovery, and live a long, happy, and healthy life.