Kidney Transplantation

Presented by: Joyce Arcenas

Kidney Transplantation

ISSUE: Should individuals who have abused their bodies through smoking, drinking, or poor diet receive new organs, or should

organs only be given to those whose organs were damage by illness?

Kidney Transplantation

CLAIM: Kidney transplantation

should only be given to those whose

organs were damaged by illness.

Causes of Kidney Failure

1. Diabetes

2. High Blood Pressure

3. Genetic diseases –

polycystic kidney

failure

4. Birth defects

Kidney Transplantation

FACTS:

In the U.S, 99,000 out of 120,000 people are waiting for

a kidney transplant.

2,500 patients are added on the waiting list each month

14 patients die each day while waiting for kidney

transplant

About 3,400 patients die each year while waiting to

have kidney transplant

Kidney Transplantation

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Conclusion

In life, there are consequences...If we choose to harm ourselves because we were mindless of what could happen later, then at least let's face the outcome...

...Many patients died due to an illness they didn't ask for while waiting to have a kidney transplant.

References "Fact Sheets." Organ Donation and Transplantation Statistics. The National Kidney Foundation,

n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2014https://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/factsheets/Organ-Donation-and-Transplantation-Stats.cfm

"Kidney Diseases in Childhood." KidsHealth - the Web's Most Visited Site about Children's Health. Ed. Steven Dowshen. The Nemours Foundation, 01 Feb. 2014. Web. 04 Mar. 2014. <http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/kidney/kidney_diseases_childhood.html>.

"Kidney Transplant: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2014. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003005.htm>.

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