Why does only some types of transplants – organs, require the recipient to take anti rejection meds? Why isn’t it required for things like cartilage or skin grafts
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Your body’s immune system is designed to keep things that aren’t of your body out: bacteria, dirt, splinters, viruses, etc.
When you receive a transplant, that foreign tissue that’s been introduced can be seen as a threatening invader by your immune system and it will try to kill and remove the threat.
So immune suppressants and anti-rejection drugs are typical in a transplant scenario, to stop the body’s natural protection system from destroying the new organ.
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