Could intestines be donated upon death?
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ive thought of this too!!!
really i have wondered this, and actually if you google it, there IS some information of it. my understanding of it though is that its still highly experiemental.
and for crohnies, while it might help in the short term or especially for thos with short bowel syndrome, the risk of recurrence is very high i think. cuz nothing stops the body from just attacking and inflaming the new intestines.
just my understanding of it haha that could be a load of bs
really i have wondered this, and actually if you google it, there IS some information of it. my understanding of it though is that its still highly experiemental.
and for crohnies, while it might help in the short term or especially for thos with short bowel syndrome, the risk of recurrence is very high i think. cuz nothing stops the body from just attacking and inflaming the new intestines.
just my understanding of it haha that could be a load of bs
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Joan & Dingbat, I think Mary meant that a healthy person could donate their intestines to a crohnie, not the other way around! Although when I saw the title of this thread I was thinking my diseased guts could be donated to science when I die, ha ha.
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This subject has come up a few times before.
Chances are that if you survived the procedure, Crohn's would appear in transplanted bowel as well.
Survival is unlikely though. The last study I read put bowel recipient mortality rates at 90%. Not really worth that sort of risk.
Chances are that if you survived the procedure, Crohn's would appear in transplanted bowel as well.
Survival is unlikely though. The last study I read put bowel recipient mortality rates at 90%. Not really worth that sort of risk.
My Mom commented years ago that if she was able to donate some intestines to me she would.......
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I hardly got any either and what is left is going to science. May not cure myself but find a cure for the future.
Yeah I think Mary meant what cat said. LOL
Yeah I think Mary meant what cat said. LOL
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This is too funny. I was updating my license a few days ago because we just moved and they asked if I was an organ donor. I told my husband no one would want my guts, haha.
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That sounds like a tough job, Keona. I don't think I could do something like that, I would be crying all day long!
I know there's long waiting lists for people who need kidneys, livers, etc. I wonder if there's any sort of a list for people who want an intestine transplant? I don't suppose they'd be waiting for very long, it can't be a common prodedure (especially if, as Creepy said, the mortality rate is 90%). And I imagine there are few things worse than actually surviving the intestine transplant, only to have the crohn's recur in the new intestines! What an awful thought!
I know there's long waiting lists for people who need kidneys, livers, etc. I wonder if there's any sort of a list for people who want an intestine transplant? I don't suppose they'd be waiting for very long, it can't be a common prodedure (especially if, as Creepy said, the mortality rate is 90%). And I imagine there are few things worse than actually surviving the intestine transplant, only to have the crohn's recur in the new intestines! What an awful thought!
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@ Cat-a-tonic... ya, it definitely changed my world view and made me question things more but for the most part, being a social worker you are so honoured to have patients/their family wanting you in their life especially at such a devastating time. It wasn't that all day. It was also time to see just how resilient the human body/mind can be!! Also, it was the only place that I could work with a 98 year old and a new born all in the same day
@KatieSue - I have heard a lot about the vaccination theory as well. I often wonder, and there is a website about that. I will post it here once I find it.
Wendy
@KatieSue - I have heard a lot about the vaccination theory as well. I often wonder, and there is a website about that. I will post it here once I find it.
Wendy
