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1. What is the maximum age for a kidney transplant?

Many of the nation's transplant centers don't even have an upper age limit for kidney transplant recipients. Almost half of all Americans suffering from advanced kidney disease are older than 65 and the wait time for hopeful recipients age 65 and older is nearly 4 years.

2. Who is not eligible for a kidney transplant?

People at almost any age, from children to older adults, can get a kidney transplant, but not everyone's healthy enough for one. If your loved one has any of these conditions, they're not likely to get a transplant: Active or recently treated cancer. Illness that might limit their life to just a few more years.

3. Do kidney donors die younger?

Does living donation affect life expectancy? Living donation does not change life expectancy, and does not appear to increase the risk of kidney failure.

4. Who pays if you donate a kidney?

Generally, the recipient's Medicare or private health insurance will pay for the following for the donor (if the donation is to a family member or friend).

5. Can a woman give a man a kidney?

The gender of donor and recipient plays a larger role in kidney transplants than previously assumed. Female donor kidneys do not function as well in men -- due to their smaller size. Women have a higher risk of rejecting a male donor kidney.

6. Can you live long with one kidney?

There may also be a chance of having high blood pressure later in life. However, the loss in kidney function is usually very mild, and life span is normal. Most people with one kidney live healthy, normal lives with few problems. In other words, one healthy kidney can work as well as two.

7. Which kidney is more important?

The left kidney is located slightly more superior than the right kidney due to the larger size of the liver on the right side of the body. Unlike the other abdominal organs, the kidneys lie behind the peritoneum that lines the abdominal cavity and are thus considered to be retroperitoneal organs.

8. Why is the left kidney preferred for donation?

Both kidneys are equally suitable for donation, but the left kidney is normally preferred due to more favorable anatomy: it is more accessible and has longer vessels, rendering the subsequent transplantation technically less challenging.

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