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NetWellness Organ Donation and Tranplantation Content

General Information
For Living Donors
      Eligibility of Living Organ Donors
      Care After Donating an Organ
For Donation Recipients
      Eligibility of Organ Donation Recipients
      Care After Receiving an Organ
Information by Organ
      Bone Marrow Donation/Transplantation 
      Heart Donation/Transplantation
      Kidney Donation/Transplantation
      Liver Donation/Transplantation
      Lung Donation/Transplantation

General Information

• Are Organs from Idential Twins Rejected?
• Before Transplantation - Getting on the Transplant List
• How Long Do Organ Donation Recipients Spend Waiting?
• Leery of Organ Donation? Debunking Common Transplant Myths
• Organ Donation and Minorities
• Organ Donation and Transplantation
• Surgeons Encourage Area Residents to Donate Organs, Save Lives

For Living Donors

Eligibility of Living Organ Donors

• Am I Healthy Enough to Be a Kidney Donor?
• Am I Too Old to Be a Kidney Donor?
• Are Organs from Idential Twins Rejected?
• Can a Kidney Donor Have HPV?
• Can a Lung Donor Have Interstitial Pneumonia?
• Can Children Be Bone Marrow Donors?
• Can I Be a Kidney Donor with Graves' Disease?
• Can I Donate a Kidney While Breastfeeding?
• Can Kidney Donor Have Cortical Cysts? 
• Donor Lung Compatibility
• Eligibility to Donate Bone Marrow with ITP
• Eligibility to Donate Bone Marrow with Sarcoidosis
• Is Race a Criteria in Matching Organs to Donors?
• Living Donor and Pregnancy

Care After Donating an Organ

• Can a Kidney Donor Take Body Building Supplements?
• Living Kidney Donor and Lifestyle Changes
• Test Result Concerns After Kidney Donation

For Donation Recipients

Eligibility of Organ Donation Recipients 

• Are Organs from Idential Twins Rejected?
• Can a Lung Transplant Recipient Have Cancer?
• Can a Lung Transplantation Recipient Have End Stage COPD?
• Can a Lung Transplant Recipient Have IFP?
• Can Abnormal Test Results Disqualify an Organ Transplant Candidate?
• Can Active Cancer Patients Be Liver Transplant Recipients?
• Can Foreign Citizens Receive Organ Transplants in the US?
• Can I Be a Lung Transplant Recipient?
• Can Kidney Recipients Have Sickle Cell Anemia?
• Can Lung Transplant Recipients Be Too Old?
• Can Transplant Recipients Be Too Old?
• Criteria for an Emphysema Patient to Receive a Lung Transplant
• Do I Qualify for a Lung Transplant?
• How Long Must Lung Transplant Recipients Be Smoke-Free?
• Is Race a Criteria in Matching Organs to Donors?
• Lung Transplantation Eligibility
• Lung Transplant Recipients and Bariatric Surgery
• Lung Transplant Recipient Eligibility
• Lung Transplant Recipient Eligibility
• Reducing Antibodies in Lung Transplant Recipient
• Will Heart Disease Disqualify Me from a Lung Transplant?

Care After Receiving an Organ

• Alcohol Consumption Levels After Kidney Transplant
• Alcohol Consumption of Kidney Transplant Recipient
• Are Organs from Idential Twins Rejected?
• Are Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Injections Required After Lung Transplant 
• Can Prograf Cause Hair Loss After Kidney Transplant?
• Complications After Liver Transplant
• Donor Lung Compatibility
• Complications of Lung Transplantation - Infection and Malignancies
• Complications of Lung Transplantation - Rejection
• Immune System and Isolation After Lung Transplant
• Kidney Function Problems Due to Anti-Rejection Medication
• Lung Transplant Surgery and Recovery
• Maintaining Kidney Function After Transplant
• Medications for Lung Transplant Patients
• Prednisone Side Effects After Heart Transplant
• Test Result Concerns After Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

Information by Organ

Bone Marrow Donation/Transplantation 

• Can Children Be Bone Marrow Donors?
• Eligibility to Donate Bone Marrow with ITP
• Eligibility to Donate Bone Marrow with Sarcoidosis

Heart Donation/Transplantation 

• Prednisone Side Effects After Heart Transplant

Kidney Donation/Transplantation 

• Alcohol Consumption Levels After Kidney Transplant
• Alcohol Consumption of Kidney Transplant Recipient
• Am I Healthy Enough to Be a Kidney Donor?
• Am I Too Old to Be a Kidney Donor?
• Can a Kidney Donor Have HPV?
• Can a Kidney Donor Take Body Building Supplements?
• Can I Be a Kidney Donor with Graves' Disease?
• Can I Donate a Kidney While Breastfeeding?
• Can Kidney Donor Have Cortical Cysts?
• Can Kidney Recipients Have Sickle Cell Anemia?
• Can Prograf Cause Hair Loss After Kidney Transplant?
• Can Transplant Recipients Be Too Old?
• Kidney Function Problems Due to Anti-Rejection Medication
• Kidney Transplantation
• Living Donor and Pregnancy
• Living Kidney Donor and Lifestyle Changes
• Maintaining Kidney Function After Transplant
• Test Result Concerns After Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
• Test Result Concerns After Kidney Donation

Liver Donation/Transplantation 

• Can Active Cancer Patients Be Liver Transplant Recipients?
• Complications After Liver Transplant
• Is Race a Criteria in Matching Organs to Donors?

Lung Donation/Transplantation 

• Anti-Rejection Alternatives After Lung Transplantation
• Are Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Injections Required After Lung Transplant 
• Before Transplantation - Getting on the Transplant List
• Can a Lung Donor Have Interstitial Pneumonia?
• Can a Lung Transplant Be Done Without Blood?
• Can a Lung Transplant Recipient Have Cancer?
• Can a Lung Transplant Recipient Have IFP?
• Can a Lung Transplantation Recipient Have End Stage COPD?
• Can Foreign Citizens Receive Organ Transplants in the US?
• Can I Be a Lung Transplant Recipient?
• Can Lung Transplant Recipients Be Too Old?
• Complications of Lung Transplantation - Infection and Malignancies
• Complications of Lung Transplantation - Rejection
• Criteria for an Emphysema Patient to Receive a Lung Transplant
• Do I Qualify for a Lung Transplant?
• Donor Lung Compatibility
• General Information About Lung Transplantation
• How Long Must Lung Transplant Recipients Be Smoke-Free?
• How to Support a Lung Transplant Candidate
• Immune System and Isolation After Lung Transplant
• Is Lung Transplant a Treatment Option?
• Lung Transplantation Eligibility
• Lung Transplant Questions
• Lung Transplant Recipient Elgibility
• Lung Transplant Recipient Eligibility
• Lung Transplant Recipients and Bariatric Surgery
• Lung Transplant Surgery and Recovery
• Medications for Lung Transplant Patients
• Reducing Antibodies in Lung Transplant Recipient
• Will Heart Disease Disqualify Me from a Lung Transplant?

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Last Reviewed: Jan 18, 2011

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