Turn into another person after an organ transplant

A young girl, after receiving the heart from a murder victim, accurately described the perpetrator, helping the police to successfully solve the case. A husband after his wife's kidney transplant suddenly likes to cook and go shopping.

There are many stories about strange phenomena occurring in organ transplant patients that researchers have not found a satisfactory explanation.

New heart, new people

Previously, Jaime Sherman never thought he would play sports or eat Mexican food at times but after the heart transplant, things were different. She joined the baseball team, practiced swimming and didn't miss a football match on television. She was enraptured by the spicy dishes of Central America. Surprised by his own change, Jaime Sherman learns and knows, all those habits are those of the person who gave her the heart. He is an amateur athlete of a university in Kansas, USA.

An organ transplant surgery.(Photo: Vista.gov.vn)

Not only that, Jaime Sherman also heard many strange stories about people in the same situation. A 47-year-old man, after a heart transplant, suddenly fell in love with classical tunes, especially those written for violinists, although he was a complete blind music. His new heart turned to a young girl who loved classical music and played violin.

Another person, after a heart transplant of an anorexic girl suddenly developed unpleasant symptoms, nausea when she smelled the cooking smell.

A 58-year-old businessman in Arizona, USA, who is passionate about work and for most of his life has the only concern is money, after a heart transplant of a social activist who gave up business. and spend most of your time doing charity.

The most strange is the case mentioned by Dr. Paul Peasall in "Heart Code". The 8-year-old girl received the heart of another girl who died in a murder. After the surgery, she constantly had terrible dreams about the case. When the police and psychologists used her depictions of the portrayal of the murderer, they caught him without much difficulty. The perpetrator then bowed his head to plead guilty to the exact evidence of the time, place, and weapons of the crime she brought to the victim's heart.

The secret of the cell

The medical community acknowledged that some patients after organ transplants, especially the heart, have abnormal mental and physiological changes but they cannot agree with each other in the way of explaining the cause of this phenomenon. Dr. Jack Copeland, the leading heart surgeon in the US, said that after surgery, some sick people will become healthy so it is not surprising that they will start activities that were previously conditional. Health does not allow. Some people even change completely, live actively to make up for the time wasted by illness.

According to Dr. John Schoroeder (Stanford University), the combination of dozens of anti-rejection drugs after surgery and narcotic substances had a huge impact on patient psychology, making them change their habits. Living.

The most controversial is the explanation based on the theory of "cell memory". Some psychologists at the University of Arizona, who gave the theory, said that every cell carries a part of the energy and memory of the body from which it was born. Once the cell is alive, the memory exists and it will continue to function when the cell carries it transplanted into the new body. Thus, the memory of a human being can be located anywhere in the body: heart, lungs, kidneys, liver . These parts will bring memories of the donor to the recipient and make changes their habits.

While this explanation has not received widespread support, a doctor used it to improve the condition for organ transplant patients. Professor Mehmet Oz of the United States has invited an energy therapist to participate in surgeries. While doctors are manipulating, this person uses his ability to influence the patient's body and the implant to reconcile the difference between the two. The results were unexpected, the rate of rejection after surgery reduced, the survival and recovery ability of patients improved significantly.

Gene transformation and psychological pressure

Dr. Lili Phong, professor at Baylor School of Medicine, Texas, USA, said that it is difficult to find a suitable organ donor. In order to minimize the probability of expelling strange parts, donor blood and recipient must be of the same type and the PRA (Panel Reactive Antibody) must be negative. Even to get such "ideal" donors, in the United States, patients who want kidney transplants have to wait 2-3 years or longer.

Science has confirmed the psychological pressure that can cause fluctuations in DNA. Therefore, organs from people with high psychological pressure (such as prisoners .) are considered not good for organ transplants. After receiving new organs, patients in a short period of time may feel health progress but problems will arise in the long run.

Whether or not the donor has psychological stress and whether the effect on the DNA of organ cells is not scientifically verified.

A kidney surgeon in the United States said that even among those close to the heart, if the donor had a reluctance to donate, the results would be affected. In fact, people who have been under great psychological pressure often suffer from nerve damage, which the nervous system controls body parts. Currently, it has been proven that the functioning of the nervous system affects the health of transplant organs.

Professor Le The Trung, former director of 103 Military Hospital, one of the experts on organ transplantation in Vietnam, said that the cells of each organ do not affect the thoughts of donors and recipients. In terms of medicine, transplants are only "accepted" when donors and recipients have appropriate body parts, are not immune, can integrate and develop . The phenomenon of changing nature after surgery is due to psychological pressure. People who receive organs are those who are under great psychological pressure (they think they will die) often injured in the nervous system, whose nervous system controls body parts. Moreover, from a sick body, thanks to the donor they are healthy, so they always think of that person, follow that person. When psychology is strongly governed, it will have an impact on the nervous system, making people receive behavioral changes and a part similar to their donors. There are many cases, relatives of organ donors visit the recipient, consider it as their relatives, making them want to be more like the other person.