Organ transplant: couple in China both donate a kidney to save teen twin daughters sick with renal failure
- The twin girls both have uremia which is caused by a genetic mutation and required transplants
- Their kidneys were no longer able to filter the waste from their bodies and send it out through their urine
A Chinese couple have donated one kidney each to save their teen twin daughters who suffered renal failure, local media has reported.
The twins, aged 18, are recovering after doctors in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province successively transplanted one kidney from their mother, surnamed Hu, and another from their father, surnamed Liu, to them in April and June, Hubei Television reported earlier this week.
The sisters were both diagnosed with uremia caused by a genetic mutation in July last year after suffering from symptoms including dizziness and weakness around the same time.
As a result their kidneys were no longer able to filter the waste from their bodies and pass it out through their urine. Instead, the waste got into their bloodstream and would ultimately become life-threatening.
The family decided to seek kidney transplants after three months of peritoneal dialysis, but after waiting more than two months there was still no donor.
Hu, in her early 40s, decided to donate her own to their elder daughter Xiaoru, who was in a more critical condition.
Transplantation was made successfully after the approval of the province’s ethics committee in April.