Having your kidney removed in order to save the life of someone with kidney failure is more than just a physical experience but is also a psychological one. Psychological issues include donor motivation and understanding of the procedure, potential imbalances in the donor-recipient relationship and ...
Abstract: Very few studies have prospectively followed living kidney donors the first year after donor surgery. In 2003, we in-depth interviewed living kidney donors one wk after donation to explore their immediate experiences of going through nephrectomy. The aim of the current investigation was...
living kidney donorsquality of lifepsychological aspectscognitive judgementsense of dangerLiving kidney donation in Poland has a positive impact on donors' quality of life Among living kidney donors, the sense of danger concerning risk of donation depends on degree of relationship with recipient....
Living donor kidney donation involves the removal of one kidney from a donor and the transplantation of that kidney into the donee. Although the body has two kidneys, an individual can live quite normally with only one, as the remaining kidney grows and takes over most of the function of the...
“My mother used to say, ‘You feel horrible when your children go through [tough situations] because you don't want your children hurt,’” Robert said. “[When Justin was diagnosed with kidney failure], I understood what she meant because that's a horr...
egenesis reported in the journal nature that a monkey had been living with one of its transplanted pig kidneys for two years. the kidney slayman received had 69 genetic edits that removed harmful pig genes and added helpful human genes, researchers said. scientists also inactivated ret...
Given that I have only one kidney, that’s not great news. We just have to hope for the best. As I said, I had to go to the lab yesterday for tests. What I didn’t say is that we spent the last three days at Buttle Lake in Strathcona Park for a bit of camping with the ...
This experience is similar to that reported by heart, liver and kidney transplant recipients for whom potential existential suffering was reversed [29,30]. The identity restoration of these men may be compared to the experiences of women receiving breast reconstruction after mastectomy for cancer to ...
Kidney problems:These organs can be affected by Crohn’s because they play a role in processing waste and are near your intestines. Potential issues include: Kidney stones:They’re a common problem with Crohn’s because your body has a hard time absorbing fat. It binds to calcium and leaves...
For the first time ever, doctors have transplanted a genetically edited pig kidney into a human suffering from advanced kidney failure.