LeaveTheLightsOn.info – Human Organ Donations? Right or Wrong?

The genetic predisposition of a child is determined by his influence from both the father and the mother. His tendency to be healthy or sickly could be predicted by the genetics of both families. If, unfortunately, the child is to become sickly in the future, it would be better to know early so that appropriate actions could be taken and complications could be prevented. But as parent, what would you do if your child is born sickly and you discovered late? What if his condition is aggressively advancing?

Consider this scenario: your sick child will need to undergo various laboratory procedures and operations to maintain being functional. He would need blood, stem cells, and perhaps some organ. It is known that the most compatible donor (for anything) is a sibling since both of them came from combination of your genetic make-up and of your spouse’s. You wouldn’t let your sick child die, right? The question now is: would you be willing to have your other child to be a donor for whatever your sick child might need? Instantly you would answer yes since that child will be able to help his sibling, and the goal here is to keep the sick child alive. But is it morally right to do that to healthy child?

Parents reason out that not doing that would put the sick child in danger and it is morally wrong as a parent to let that happen. But have you considered what you take away from your healthy child by doing that? You take away his right over his own body. Yes, he would want to help his sibling because he loves him. But when his existence revolve only on making his brother live and people expect him to put others first before himself, there would come a time when he would question his very existence. Did he only exist to ensure that his brother lives? To some point, yes. However, he is also a person who has rights and he shouldn’t be denied of these.

The body is a wonderful creation. It is composed of organs that work together in complex processes in order for you to live. Though they are grouped into different systems with different functions, they interplay and damage to one organ could affect the function of others.

Man builds machines to perform tasks and to make life for humans easier. However, no matter how people try to come up and build the ultimate machine, nothing could parallel the body. The body is the best machine ever made. The human body consists of head, trunk, and extremities. Cells are the basic unit of life and by the time you become adult, your body is made up of almost 100 trillion cells. You know from anatomy that cells group together to form tissues, which group together to form organs, which in turn form organ systems, and ultimately the organism. The body is composed of the following organ systems: nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, integumentary, digestive, musculoskeletal, endocrine, urinary, immune, and reproductive systems.

The nervous system is composed of the brain, spinal cord, and neurons. They are responsible for information processing in the body. The cardiovascular system is composed of the heart and blood vessels and its main function is to circulate blood, which transports oxygen to the different tissues. The respiratory system is composed of the respiratory tract – nose, mouth, airways, and lungs – and is responsible for ventilation and oxygenation of the body. The integumentary system is made up of the skin – the largest organ in the body. Its main function is to protect the body. The digestive system is made up of the alimentary canal, which starts from the mouth to the anus. It is responsible for supplying nutrients through breakdown of foods. Musculoskeletal is made up of muscles and bones and this system is for support and mobility of the body. The endocrine system is composed of glands that secrete hormones that regulate the body. The urinary system or excretory system is responsible for the production, storage, and elimination of urine. The immune system protects the body from illnesses. The reproductive system is composed of organs for reproduction. All these systems work hand in hand in complex processes that make humans live.

Organ transplantation is usually needed when a part of the body of sick person no longer has the capacity to perform its function and leaving it in place would only result to further deterioration of the body and could lead to fatal situation. If you are the patient or a family member of the patient, you would want someone to donate his organ/s to you. People have the instinct to survive and this include organ donation or transplantation.

Donating your organs to those who are really in need of them seems a very heroic act. You give the chance to someone to extend their life so that he could live more and be with his loved ones longer. This extension could also be used to correct mistakes and ask for forgiveness to those who have been wronged. But much as organ donation seems to be a heroic act, there is always more to that.

In the usual setting, a sibling or any family member is the donor of the organ. But there are instances where family members are not compatible with the patient so an outsider donor is needed and paid for his organ. Most donors, who are not family members, donate organ for the monetary payment. They even only have little knowledge on what they going in to. What they know is that they would give their organ and be paid for it, but in terms of what untoward effects that could happen to them, they know little or none. To them what is important is that they would still be alive after donating their organ.

Yes, you would be able to continue living after the donation. That is just how awesome the body is. It will compensate for whatever you lost. If you would be a donor, would it be because you wanted to help or would it be because you wanted money? Are you really able to put a price for your body organs? If so, how much would they cost?

The process in which an individual gives an organ to another, a receiver who may need it is called organ donation. More often than not this is done to ensure that the aforementioned recipient of the said organ is able to survive and live from situations that have results in the failure of that particular organ to function as adequately as it should. While the recently deceased are perhaps the best source for it, obtaining necessary organs can be done from those who are still alive provided that they meet certain conditions and requirements. Despite the disadvantages on the live donor’s side of the process, it yields quite a lot of benefits especially for the receiver.

Saving a life is perhaps the most popular and beneficial effect of participating in organ donation and these selfless acts of heroism can be accomplished by a great many through this kind of donation. As was previously mentioned earlier, there are indeed undesirable consequences that the donor could potentially go through just for purposely and willingly giving up a viable organ for someone who really needs it. A kidney, for example, can be donated for the use of another because they are normally in pairs, and it can make all the difference in the world for one who may be suffering from the failure of that organ to receive it.

This not only affects the person who is in dire need of a successful organ donation and transplant but all those around him or her. As fragile and as short as life may be, it does indeed matter to a lot of people and giving even just one individual a chance to live longer than he or she should have can bring a lot of satisfaction. However, one must also be aware of the disadvantages such as the likelihood that the transplant itself may not be successful because the body is rejecting the organ or if one’s physiology doesn’t match the others.

During the meticulous process of the donation of organs, the necessary organ is removed and separated from the donor’s body in order to be relocated and transferred into the recipient who needs it to survive. While there may be organs like the kidney, liver or bone marrow can indeed be taken from a living human being because they are either in pairs or if it won’t hinder one from functioning or living without it for use by another, the more vital ones like the heart cannot, and can only be obtained from those who have passed away recently.

The donation or transplantation of organs isn’t exactly as straightforward as it seems, and the act of doing so typically accompanies a few legal issues that must be considered before proceeding. For example, the donor in whom one must acquire a vital organ from must be brain dead and/or no longer has the capacity to recover and function in life. Consent is also a necessity and without it one cannot continue. It is also extremely vital that the organs themselves match the individuals who are receiving the said organs. As necessary as this process is in today’s world, it is by no means perfect, and could prove to be difficult for some to achieve it due to the length of those in the donor lists.

Regulations and rules also exist with the department of organ donation, and for good reasons; one could potentially face undesirable legal issues if they are not properly followed, and even more physically damaging things could result from it. Despite the fact that the donations and transplantations of organs isn’t exactly fresh, it is still relatively new and there are still various researches and studies being conducted to make the process much easier and effective as well as find other ways in which to do so.

Organ donation, as its name suggests and implies, is the act of giving organs which are viable to those who may need them after an individual dies. It is, however, not quite as simple and as straightforward as that and the governing bodies in charge any donations or transplantations enforce and ensure both standards and strict requirements in order to avoid and prevent any potential problems from arising. While there may still be some who don’t consider organ donation as even remotely ethical, there are a great many that think otherwise because of the live-saving capacities which is its purpose.

There are different kinds of organ donations and transplants, with the most common one being that of the more minor tissue or organ transplants from the donors who still have their health and are alive. The aforementioned individuals have to go through a process which is selective in nature to make sure that they are not just physically health but also compatible for the person who they are donating the said organs and/or tissues to. This is to prevent issues wherein the body of the person starts to reject them and it can be quite dangerous if not fatal if that happens.

The other type of donation would be for the more specific organs in which those who are no longer living or are in situations in which the individuals who specialize in the profession of health and medicine such as doctors have declared that recovery is no longer a valid outcome. The importance of organ donation cannot really be argued; there are a lot of people, both young and old, on the list due to a variety of reasons from suffering through accidents or diseases and other conditions that would prevent them from living if the necessary organ is not obtained.