The kidney donors need only some care, that also in the initial period of donating, and after that they live as hale and hearty as the people who have two kidneys. A follow up of about 80,000 live kidney donors in U. S. was done for over 15 years. This new study made use of data from a national level and not from single-transplant centers with similar populations.

Study author Dr. Dorry L. Segev, a transplant surgeon at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said, “Whatever happens when people donate kidneys, on average, it doesn't affect the rest of their lives — and that has never been shown before in a study of this size and scope”.

The death rate for the live kidney donors was higher in the first 90 days after surgery as compared to the control group.

The researchers share that in order to understand the physiological changes after donating kidney, more studies are being conducted. Moreover, they consider it to be a safe process and hence encourage it.

As there is dearth of kidneys from the deceased donors, many patients, who are at the last stage of the kidney disease look forward to transplant from live donors. As many as 6,000 healthy U. S. citizens donate their kidneys in order to donate them to the needy.