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antibodies, graft rejection, tissue/organ rejection, transplant rejection, a transplant recipient's immune system attacks a transplanted organ, tissue, graft-versus-host disease, body's immune system protects from potentially harmful substances, microorganisms, toxins, cancer cells, harmful substances have proteins, antigens on surfaces, immune system identifies antigens, foreign, not part of body, attack them, same way, foreign blood, tissue, trigger a blood transfusion reaction, transplant rejection, prevent this, tissue is "typed", the transplant procedure to identify the antigens it contains, though tissue typing ensures that the organ, tissue, similar, tissues, the recipient, match, not perfect, no two people, except identical twins, have identical tissue antigens, immunosuppressive drugs, prevent organ rejection, organ, tissue transplantation would always cause an immune response, result in destruction, the foreign tissue, corneal transplants, rarely rejected, corneas have no blood supply, immune cells, antibodies, not reach the cornea to cause rejection, transplants, one identical twin to another, never rejected, organ, does not function properly, general discomfort, uneasiness, ill feeling, pain, swelling, in the location, the organ, rare, fever, rare, symptoms vary depending on the transplanted organ, tissue, patients who reject a kidney, have less urine, patients who reject a heart, have symptoms of heart failure, feel the area overand around the transplanted organ, feel tender to you, transplanted kidneys, signs that the organ isn't functioning properly, less urine output, kidney transplants, yellow skin color, easy bleeding, liver transplants, shortness of breath, less tolerance to exertion, heart transplants, a biopsy, the transplanted organ, confirm that it is rejected, a routine biopsy, performed to detect rejection early, symptoms develop, organ rejection is suspected, tests performed, prior to organ biopsy, lab tests of kidney, liver function, kidney ultrasound, kidney arteriography, abdominal ct scan, heart echocardiography, chest x-ray, goal of treatment, make sure the transplanted organ, tissue functions properly, same time suppressing the recipient's immune response, suppressing the immune response, treat, prevent transplant rejection, many different drugs, suppress the immune response, dosage, the medication depends on the patient's status, dose very high the tissue is actually rejected, reduced to a lower level, prevent it from happening again, organs, tissues, more successfully transplanted than others, rejection begins, immunosuppressive drugs, stop the rejection, must take immunosuppresive drugs, the rest of life, immunosuppressive treatment is not always successul, loss of function, the transplanted organ/tissue, infections, the person's immune system is constantly suppressed, side effects of medications, severe, call health care provider transplanted organ, tissue, working properly, symptoms occur, medication side effects develop, abo blood typing, hla, tissue antigen, typing, transplantation helps to ensure a close match, suppressing the immune system, the rest, the transplant recipient's life, prevent the tissue from rejected, in the future, careful to take post-tranplant medications properly, closely monitored by doctor, prevent rejection.