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People should push themselves to donate what they can, while they can

Donation’s in any form help improve health issues for people.

Many people can be helped through donations in various forms. Organs, tissues, and corneal donors may save or enhance the lives of many others.

One donor can save up to eight lives and help the lives of 50 people.

More people should consider donating any of the following, organs, and tissues.

Transplant numbers have been rising more than the number of available donors.

There are more than 101 thousand people waiting for organs.

Approximately 300 new transplant candidates are added to the waiting list each month, according to Donate a Life.  Not many people seem to want to get cut open just yet; they have a life to live.

Apparently there are still many other people waiting.

For example a baby that is six months old in need of a heart. Luckily not many of us look for aware about.

Their are many babies or infants that are born with a bad heart in which need a heart but not many hearts are available because their aren’t many infant donors.

As of September 7, there are 108,518 candidates on the waiting list for transplants as of June, according to the Donate a Life organization.

12,139 of those donors are in California alone.

Many people are afraid of outcomes that might contribute to in donating blood, hair, or organs.

The one reason why most people are afraid of donating blood seems to be because they believe they will catch a disease because the needles are not new.

Some may be scared of needles, but all they feel really is a sting for a minute and then it goes away. In which a small sacrifice to save a life of another person.

Organ donations are done after the family makes the decision or before you die you may choose to be a donor at the DMV.

To be able to donate organs to patients, they must be matched to the donor’s height, weight and blood type.

The more people that donate, more patients will be saved.

Donating blood at a Red Cross Blood Drive takes only about 35-40 minutes, including recover time with the help of free treats.

“A donation of any sort helps a individual in various forms: Donate and save a life,” said Julio Caesar Rodriguez undecided major.

Yet again imagine how many lives you would be saving, which is about three patients, That can either be victims of chronic disease or accidents.

Blood donations are used to replace lost blood for people in life or death situations.

There are certain restrictions in being able to donate blood you must weigh 110 lbs. or more and must be at least 17 years old or older.

Many humans are at risk of something being needed in an emergency. It takes one person to make a whole difference for many others.

There have been such stories on how people have had organs donated and have successfully continued with their life.

There are various ways in helping someone through donations that can be done like hair, blood, organs, and tissue.

In 2005, Paul Beard’s lungs, liver and kidneys were donated after he died from traumatic brain injuries. “The tragic memory became a success in December when she got an update from the Midwest Transplant Network,” Laurie Beard said to mlive.com

He helped save a life of a female patient.

“From the successful transplant this one stood out the most because the young woman who received Paul’s liver just had her first baby.”

Many people survive with just one little transplant.

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