Teen With Four Kidneys to Donate Extra Two
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Doctors in the U.K. found that a teen who was suffering stomach pains had two extra kidneys, it is reported by the Daily Mail.
After doing an ultrasound on 18-year-old Laura Moon, it was discovered that she actually had four kidneys. While doctors say it can be common to find people with an extra kidney, finding a person with four fully formed and working kidneys is extremely rare, according to the report.
The teen now hopes to donate the extra organs, according to the report.
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"I think, if I've got four, I don't need all four," the customer service adviser from Leeds told the Daily Mail. "Why not donate if there's someone else in need? I hope I can help somebody else while I am young. I will do everything in my power to become a donor."
It is not known why people develop multiple organs, but it is believed that one in 125 people have one extra kidney, normally a partial organ, according to the report.