The answer is…

Yes—if you’re healthy enough to donate safely.

A healthy person can live a normal, active life with just one kidney. Thousands of kidney donors around the world continue to work, exercise, have children, and enjoy a healthy life after donation.

But donating a kidney is a major decision.

It should always be done for the right reasons and only after a thorough medical evaluation.

What is assessed before kidney donation?

Before donation, doctors carefully assess:

• Your kidney function
• Blood pressure
• Blood sugar
• Heart health
• Overall fitness
• Blood group and tissue compatibility
• The long-term safety of donation for you

Not everyone who wishes to donate will be able to do so—and that’s okay.

Your safety comes first.

Living and deceased donation

Kidney donation can be from a living donor, usually a close family member or legally approved donor, or from a deceased donor, where organs are donated after death to save multiple lives.

Remember

Remember…

A kidney transplant changes two lives.

It gives the recipient a second chance at life.

And it gives the donor the priceless gift of knowing they helped another human being live.

If you’re considering kidney donation, speak to a transplant nephrologist or transplant surgeon.

Get evaluated.

Ask questions.

Understand the process.

Because the greatest gift one person can give another… is the gift of life