BYLINE: It's Donate Life Month - Living Kidney Donors Can Save Lives
Eric Martinez, MD, at Baylor Scott & White Health, discusses how living kidney donors can help those in need of a transplant.
What You Need to Know:
- Risk factors that could lead to kidney transplant include high blood pressure and diabetes.
- In Texas, minorities have the greatest need of kidney transplants.
- Those with end-stage kidney failure will need dialysis until they receive a kidney transplant.
- Living kidney donation is the optimal transplant and can be done prior to dialysis.
- Anyone who is healthy can donate.
- There are emotional benefits to donating a kidney.
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