#kidney transplants

[eretzyisrael]

Good News From Israel

In the 8th Sep 24 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

An IDF soldier breathes through the lungs of a fallen comrade.

Israeli surgeons used a robot to reconstruct a patient’s digestive system.

Israelis and Cypriots cooperated to save 8 kidney patients in one day.

An Israeli startup turns unsorted plastic waste into fuel.

Soon every new Israeli building will have to include solar panels.

Watch as an Israeli paralympic swimmer receives his second gold medal.

Added to the 30,000 new Israeli immigrants since Oct 7 is one therapy pony.

Read More: Good News From Israel

So many uplifting news articles published again last week. Thanks again to Sharon for the photograph of the Israeli medal winners, returning from the Paris Olympic Games, celebrating their successes at President Herzog's Jerusalem residence.

[pniindia]

Kidney and liver transplants: बहुत जल्द राज्य में शुरू होने जा रहा है किडनी और लिवर ट्रांसप्लांट

Kidney and liver transplants: मुख्यमंत्री श्री विष्णुदेव साय (Vishnu Dev Sai) की मंशा के मुताबिक स्वास्थ्य के मामलों में छत्तीसगढ़ जल्द ही वैश्विक सुविधाएं प्रदान करने वाला राज्य बनने वाला है. इन सब में बायपास हार्ट सर्जरी और ऑर्गन ट्रांसप्लांट जैसी सुविधाएं भी मौजूद होंगी.

[hiranandanihospitalpowai]

Role of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Kidney Transplants

In the realm of kidney transplantation, the success of the procedure hinges on the delicate balance between the body's natural defense mechanisms and the acceptance of the donor organ. This is where immunosuppressive drugs play a crucial role, acting as the gatekeepers that prevent the recipient's immune system from rejecting the transplanted kidney. These powerful medications have revolutionized the field of organ transplantation, offering patients a second chance at life and the opportunity to bid farewell to the challenges of dialysis.

[treatian123]

Kidney Transplants: Balancing Risks and Success

Kidney transplants offer a life-changing opportunity for people with chronic kidney disease. Basically, it’s a surgical procedure where healthy kidney is transplanted into a person with kidney failure. Isn’t it an interesting procedure? This procedure gives rays of light to an individual’s life. However, like other surgeries this surgery itself carries possible risks. So, in this blog we will delve into the world of kidney transplants, exploring the potential risks and the remarkable chance of success they provide. Read More:https://treatians.com/kidney-transplants/

[forerunnershealthcareconsultants]

A kidney transplant is a major surgical procedure that can help patients with end-stage renal disease or chronic kidney disease live a normal life.

[ananadisa]

A kidney transplant is also recommended for patients with chronic kidney disease who have a high risk of developing end-stage renal disease.

[aggressivelybicaptainamerica]

I am in a terrible flare today and thinking about chronic pain!JGY

We know because of his weak cultivation that he doesn't heal the way other cultivators do and unless it happened off screen I don't think he got any substantial medical care. I don't know if we get an exact list of injuries he received, but being pushed all the way down 72 stairs is going to REALLY fuck someone up, especially because he had a head wound. There's no way he's not going to be in chronic pain after an attack like that. Even with non magical medical care that would leave permanent damage.

So imagine JGY with TBI triggered migraines that steal his memory and his ability to do anything but lie in the dark. Bones that never set quite right that flare and ache during every storm and every time the seasons change. A shoulder that is too weak to hold a true sword due to ligament damage causing the joint to sit incorrectly.

Every time he hurts he remembers how unworthy he is, that his now broken body is just another failure he has to figure out how to overcome with cunning and guile because at the end of the day he's a useless, broken son of a whore. There is no escape when even his own body reminds him of what he truly is.

[reasonsforhope]

"For the first time, genetically modified pig kidneys provided “life-sustaining kidney function” during the course of a planned seven-day clinical study—a first step in addressing the critical crisis worldwide of kidney donor organ shortage.

The University of Alabama’s pre-clinical human study at Birmingham also advances the science and promise of xenotransplantation as a therapy to potentially cure end-stage kidney disease—just as a human-to-human transplants can.

“It has been truly extraordinary to see the first-ever preclinical demonstration that appropriately modified pig kidneys can provide normal, life-sustaining kidney function in a human safely and be achieved using a standard immunosuppression regimen,” said UAB transplant surgeon scientist Jayme Locke, M.D., director of UAB’s Comprehensive Transplant Institute and lead author of the paper...

The peer-reviewed findings published last month in JAMA Surgery describes the pioneering pre-clinical human research performed on a recipient experiencing brain death...

The pre-clinical human brain death model developed at UAB can evaluate the safety and feasibility of pig-to-human kidney xenografts, or transplants, without risk to a living human. It is named for transplant pioneer Jim Parsons, an organ donor whose family generously donated his body to advance xenotransplant kidney research, like the latest patient did.

A Critical Need

Kidney disease kills more people each year than breast or prostate cancer, while more than 90,000 people are on the transplant waiting list. More than 800,000 Americans are living with kidney failure and 240 Americans on dialysis die every day. The wait for a deceased donor kidney can be as long as five to 10 years, and almost 5,000 people per year die waiting for a kidney transplant.

Groundbreaking Study Details

The 52-year-old study subject for this research lived with hypertension and stage 2 chronic kidney disease, which affects more than one in seven U.S. adults, or an estimated 37 million Americans. As part of this study, the subject had both of his native kidneys removed and dialysis stopped, followed by a crossmatch-compatible xenotransplant with two 10 gene-edited pig kidneys, or UKidney.

The transplanted pig kidneys made urine within four minutes of re-perfusion and produced more than 37 liters of urine in the first 24 hours. The pig kidneys continued to function as they would in a living human for the entirety of the seven-day study. Also, the kidneys were still viable at the time the study was concluded.

“In the first 24 hours these kidneys made over 37 liters of urine,” said Dr. Locke. “It was really a remarkable thing to see.” ...

Gene editing in pigs to reduce immune rejection has made organ transplants from pigs to humans possible. The natural lifespan of a pig is 30 years, they are easily bred, and they have organs of similar size to humans. Genetically modified pig kidneys have been extensively tested in non-human primates, and the addition of UAB’s preclinical human research model—the Parsons Model—now provides important information about the safety and efficacy of kidneys in human transplant recipients."

-via Good News Network, September 17, 2023

[doctorweebmd]

ok my OTHER reflection:

on the one hand its really frustrating to see the posts about docs and healthcare in general on here be so narrow-minded. bad experiences with certain providers have lead to a huge spread of misinformation and mistrust with the whole system. which can and HAS lead to people avoiding 'evil' doctors for perfectly treatable illnesses and dying from them (the vaccine bullshit, anyone?)

but on the other hand. it is TERRIFYING how some of these docs practice medicine. at times i think 'are you just burned out and don't give a shit or are you straight up just stupid?' and i work in critical care. where quite literally every case is life or death. even in the academic sector where there is supposedly a standard of excellence, some doctors i would not let touch my loved ones with a ten foot pole.

and that sucks. i know this is the no nuance piss on the poor webbed site but 'the medical system and people that work for it are fallible and aspects of it are morally questionable at best/unethical at worst' AND 'the field of medicine exists to help people first and foremost and mistrusting/avoiding it can be detrimental in the long run' can and DO co-exist

[danrifics]

doctors requesting an emergency blood test to check my kidney function… not at all freaking out not at all….

[hiranandanihospitalpowai]

Kidney transplants are a life-saving procedure for many individuals suffering from severe kidney issues. Our kidneys are essential organs responsible for filtering waste from our blood, balancing fluids, and managing electrolytes. When they fail, the impact on our health can be severe. This article dives into what a kidney transplant entails, who needs it, and how it works.

[treatian123]

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[thetrinitytest]

if ianto jones (NOT gareth david-lloyd. actual ianto jones) walked through your door and said he wasnt dead and he needed a kidney and you were the only match what would you do

i am holding his face in my hands, kissing that man on the forehead, and asking him if he wants the left or right one