There is someone out there in need of a bone marrow transplant waiting for a donor that matches their DNA, and it could be you! You see ads displaying the words become a blood donor and save lives however, becoming a bone marrow donor has been over shadowed, many people are unaware of how crucial it is to become a bone marrow donor and the key role it plays for the person in need of a bone marrow transplant to live. With becoming a bone marrow donor, you have the power to impact the lives of others in a positive way. One act of kindness can change someone’s life for a lifetime, giving them many opportunities. With the new ability of starting a new chapter, being able to achieve their goals. It is not only about receiving things, but giving back to others. America is in a shortage of bone marrow transplants with fewer donors donating their bone marrow while the waiting list of patient is continuing to grow but, by becoming a bone marrow donor the donor list will increase, which will provide a likelier chance for a match.
Therefore, with the importance of a bone marrow transplant there are requirements of becoming a donor. You are required to be between the ages of 18 and 55, which is standard medical practice. An individual must be 18 to donate because Marrow Donation is a surgical procedure and the person undergoing the procedure must be legally able to give informed consent (BoneMarrowRequirements). Becoming a bone marrow donor, does not cost anything but your time. Furthermore, you simply go to the doctor’s office and get a cotton swabs swiped in the inside of your cheek in order to provide the DNA needed to identify if you are a bone marrow match for someone. If you are a match the surgical procedure that takes place in a hos...
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With deaths occurring everyday due to a lack of organ donation, this tragic situation could possibly be rectified by educating the public about organ donation by revealing stories behind successuful transplants and the reality that organ donation is truly giving
Specific Purpose: After listening to my speech, my audience will know the history of organ transplants/transplantation and its medical advances over the years.
Bone marrow is the flexible tissue in the interior of bones. Hematopoiesis is when the red blood cells are formed by cores of bone marrow in the ends of lengthy bones. Bone marrow comprises 4% of the total of a person’s body mass. Bone marrow transplants treat severe diseases of the bone marrow, including specific forms of cancer. And so many people don’t receive the proper transplant they need. Paying people for their bone marrow would help to solve that situation but it’s harmful for the patience, unethical, and could potentially be risky for donors.
In order for a patient to get a transplant, the patient as well as the donor, they have to go through series tests. Both living and nonliving people can be donors. There is a difference though because a living donor can only donate certain organs enable for the donor to sustain life. A living donor can donate a kidney, portions of the liver, portions of the lung, portions of the pancreas, portions of the intestines, and they can even blood. A dead donor can donate any organ since they are no longer going t...
One single organ donor can save the lives of eight people and that same donor can help to improve health conditions of fifty other people as said by an article on facts about donation. Organ donation is when a living or deceased person's organs are taken out by medical physicians and surgically inserted into another person's body to help improve their health condition. The receiver and donor of the organ are not the only people affected by the transplant. Families of the donor will often become relieved knowing that their loved one will be continuing to help needy people even after they are gone and the families of the receiver will also sleep better knowing that there is still a chance that someone could help the medical status of their loved one. Organ transplant has also overcome many scientific challenges. Jekyll’s actions in Dr.
The Mayo Clinic defines a blood transfusion as “a routine medical procedure in which donated blood is provided to you through a narrow tube placed within a vein in your arm”. The first human blood transfusion on record was conducted by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, a French physician during the late 1600’s. Although Denys’ transfusions weren’t sound proof and often written off as unorthodox, he unknowingly ushered in a new era of medicine and laid the foundation for modern advances in Hematology. I choose this topic because I volunteer to donate blood four times a year alongside thousands of other people. On average these donations help save 4.5 million Americans that would die in a years’ time without a blood transfusion. These generous people
Although health insurance can be beneficial because providers get paid for the services they provide to the patient the insurance premiums and deductibles are in many instances way more than many families across the United States can afford. With these extremely high costs for insurance statics show that over 40 million families’ can’t afford or have access to needed health care systems. “It shows that one-fifth of Americans couldn 't afford one or more of these services: medical care, prescription medicines, mental health care, dental care, or eyeglasses (R...
Organ donation is the gift of life. In the United States alone, there are over 120,000 patients on a waiting list for an organ transplant. Many of patients, such as those suffering from kidney failure, can survive prior to receiving a donor organ with treatments like dialysis which can extend life until a kidney becomes available. Other patients may not be so lucky, but a system has been developed to distribute organs as they become available to those in the most need. The fact of the matter is, there are more people waiting for an organ transplant than there are donor organs available. While kidneys and tissues such as bone marrow
The feeling of selflessly giving someone a second chance in life is incredible. You have the chance to do this by becoming an organ donor. Being an organ donor makes you a lifesaver before you even save someone’s life. My goal for tonight is to persuade you all to become organ donors if you’re not already one. I will ...
This article is about a family whose their daughter was struck with leukemia and the only treatment option remained was a bone marrow transplant. Anissa was terrified to discover lumps around her ankles and experienced cramp-like stomach discomforts. The diagnosis came out mysteriously that Anissa developed chronic myelogenous leukemia, which was approximated to take her life within five years or less without bone marrow transplant. Healthy stem cells from the marrow transplanted can produce healthy blood cells in the recipient’s body transplant. Both older brother and parents did not match to safe Anissa’s life. She tried to keep it secret from her parents due to fear of having to get a blood test done. The parents, Mary and Abe, were thoroughly
The up-to-date medical advancement has come a long way, including making it possible for donating one’s major organs, blood, and tissues to desperate individuals needing them to sustain life. Organ donation still has problems even with the modern technology and breakthroughs. The majority of individuals need to comprehend to have a successful organ transplant it is essential to have active individuals that are willing to donate their organs. Typically, most individuals or family that consent to donate their precious organ 's desire life to continue. Their intentions are when one life is gone there is hope for another life to continue. Health care is experiencing a shortage in organ donation and the people that desperately need these organs
Lack of organ donors is a major problem in America. In order for a transplant to take place, organs must be screened, and blood types must match. Therefore it is crucial that there is a wide variety of organs to choose from.
According to the data given, by CTISP Community Survey 2010 by a Central Texas Region, Health care has a direct correlation to a person’s income or lack thereof. Table 1 displays a graph of respondents to a community survey about Health Care Coverage. The graph contains income amounts from $15,000 to $85,000 and percentages of people who do not receive coverage based on their income. The graph shows the lower the income the less likely to afford coverage. Table 2 displays, of those who took the survey their reasons for having no Coverage. The reason with the highest percentage was “could not afford prem...
What a wonderful gift that would be! In 2005, Dr. Fangmann, and his medical team performed a bone marrow ACS’s transplant on a young man who had been suffering from leukemia and was undergoing chemotherapy treatment. The donor of the bone marrow was the patient's father. The patient went into remission, but his kidneys were damaged from cancer and chemotherapy complications; the young man was on dialysis for three long years until his father then donated a kidney. The son accepted the new kidney from his father and the doctors discontinued the use of immunosuppressant medication. The young man had no further health complications since the follow-up 2011 case report (pg.156,157). Clinical trials using adult stem cells are continuing to expand, especially in kidney transplants. Standford University held clinical trials on 38 patients combining two different adult stem cell blood types with kidney transplantation, and only one patient required anti-rejection medicine post-surgery due to a lupus flare-up and not organ rejection. Furthermore, Stanford University’s study provides exceptional results concerning organ acceptance even when the donor and receiver do not have well-matched antibodies in their blood (Thornley.1-3). Moreover, a blood relative is not necessary for adult stem cell therapy and organ transplantation to be successful and the medical communities' involvement demonstrates no
Organ donation is always a hard decision to make before you pass away, and for your loved ones to make after you have passed away. People often misinterpret how organ donation works. In order for someone to want to be a donor they have to be able to understand all the facts about it. Not all people realize how important being an organ donor is. Three steps that everyone should go through before you decide where you stand on organ donation are understanding the facts from myths, understand the process of organ donation, and read at least one story of how organ donation has changed someone’s life. (Organ Donation Myths, Ten Facts,