What can you donate?
The list of ways to help has grown dramatically. Some organs, tissues, or cells can be donated while you’re alive; other donations are only possible after death. A single donor can help more than 80 people!
After death, people can donate:
- bone, cartilage, and tendons
- corneas
- face and hands (though uncommon, they are among the newest additions to this list)
- kidneys
- liver
- lungs
- heart and heart valves
- stomach and intestine
- nerves
- pancreas
- skin
- arteries and veins.
Live donations may include
- birth tissue, such as the placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic fluid, which can be used to help heal skin wounds or ulcers and prevent infection
- blood cells, serum, or bone marrow
- a kidney
- part of a lung
- part of the intestine, liver, or pancreas.
Becoming a donor after death: Questions and misconceptions
Common misconceptions about เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา becoming an organ donor limit the number of people who are willing to sign up. For example, many people mistakenly believe that
- doctors won’t work as hard to save your life if you’re known to be an organ donor — or worse, doctors will harvest organs before death
- their religion forbids organ donation
- you cannot have an open-casket funeral if you donate your organs.
None of these is true, and none should discourage you from becoming an organ donor. Legitimate medical professionals always keep the patient’s interests front and center. Care would never be jeopardized due to a person’s choices around organ donation. Most major religions allow and support organ donation. If organ donation occurs after death, the clothed body will show no outward signs of organ donation, so an open-casket funeral is an option for organ donors.