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Immunity
Transplantology allowed people to replace the organs affected by the disease. But is it so easy for a person to live with a "new" organ? The fact is that one of the properties of our body is the rejection of a foreign body. The body sends a signal to the brain that there is an unknown object in the body and it begins a mission to eliminate it. For a long time, this was what prevented surgeons from saving patients' lives. This happened even if the patient had an ideal operation, an organ was selected that was ideal in its characteristics.
Later it turned out that rejection occurs faster in patients with high immunity. This allowed us to conclude that the immune system enters into a struggle and thereby takes away the patient's chance of life. The so-called suppressing immunity was invented. A large dose is given to patients immediately after surgery and further all the way to the fact that the organ takes root. But with this discovery came new trouble. While the patient's immunity is reduced, the risk of getting serious diseases increases. It turns out that a person rarely gets sick, and if there is no immune system, his body is not able to fight. People with a precious organ inside died because of ordinary pneumonia. It will take many more years before medicine learns to notice ailments in time and prevent such mistakes.
- For a long time, doctors did not know how to attach the body to a new organ. [True|False|Not stated]
- Difficulties arose especially during kidney transplantation. [True|False|Not stated]
- Those who are waiting for a donor kidney should undergo dialysis. [True|False|Not stated]
- To suppress immunity, the patient was subjected to hypothermia. [True|False|Not stated]
- Suppression of immunity led to the death of patients. [True|False|Not stated]
- At the moment, medicine has discovered a safe way of rehabilitation after transplants. [True|False|Not stated]