BYLINE: It's Donate Life Month - Living Kidney Donors Can Save Lives

Newswise — 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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