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Spleen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Your spleen is an organ above your stomach and under your ribs on your left side. It is about as big as your fist. The spleen is part of your lymphatic system, which fights infection and keeps your body fluids in balance.
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The spleen is removed while you are under general anesthesia (asleep and pain-free). Your surgeon may do either an open splenectomy or a laparoscopic splenectomy. ... In an open spleen removal:
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The spleen removes abnormal blood cells and making components of the immune system. Since the spleen is involved in so many bodily functions, it is vulnerable to a range of disorders including splenomegaly, hypersplenism and splenic rupture. ... Since the spleen is involved in so many bodily functions, it is vulnerable to...
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Splean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Conditions causing symptom Spleen symptoms including possible medical causes, diseases, disorders, and related symptoms. ... Conditions listing symptoms: Spleen symptoms: The following list of conditions have 'Spleen symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate...
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Enlarged spleen — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, and treatment of splenomegaly. ... Most people don't have symptoms with an enlarged spleen, and the problem is often discovered during a routine physical exam. If you're found to have an enlarged spleen, you're likely to have imaging and blood tests to...
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When the spleen enlarges, it traps and stores an excessive number of blood cells and platelets (hypersplenism), thereby reducing the number of blood cells and platelets in the bloodstream. This process creates a vicious circle: the more cells and platelets the spleen traps, the larger it grows;
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