Question

Q5) Answer the following questions:
a) Why is it important to match donor's blood with that of recipient's?​

Answer 1

Answer:

When matching the donor intestine to a waiting list candidate, the ABO blood group must be identical because of the higher risk of graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), a violent immune reaction by the lymphocytes within the donor organ against the recipient's body that can lead to death.

Answer 2

Answer:

It is important that the antigens should match so that they are not foreign bodies for the recipients.

Explanation:

If donor's blood is not matched with that of recipients than incase of blood group being different antigens of donor get transferred to recipient and those antigens of donor act as foreign body to recipient's body and body starts preparing antibodies against it...hence blood coagulation occurs which can eventually cause death!