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Who can be a 
Living Kidney Donor?

"...all potential donors must be genuinely willing to donate, physically fit, in good general health; and free from diabetes, cancer, kidney disease and heart disease.

 

Individuals considered for living donation are usually between 18-70 years of age.  Gender and race are not factors in determining a successful match."

excerpt from UCLA

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Conditions that MAY prevent a person from being accepted as a donor

Advantages of Living Kidney Donation

The greatest advantage of living donation is:

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>    the kidney tends to have more immediate function,

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>    lasts longer than a kidney from a deceased donor and;

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>    greatly decreases the amount of time the recipient needs to wait for transplant to occur, particularly in California. 

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Other benefits include:

  • The possibility of a normal, dialysis-free life, which allows steady employment, more time for enjoyment of family and even such pleasures as a vacation.

  • The probability for the need of less medication, leading to fewer long-term side effects.

  • The convenience of being able to arrange the best time for surgery for both the donor and recipient. 

  • The knowledge that it will not be necessary for the recipient to take a kidney from the limited pool of deceased donor kidneys, thereby leaving an opportunity for another person who has no hope of a living donor.

  • The possibility of one or more recipients being transplanted in a chain of paired exchange transplants started by a non-directed donor.

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