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Physical exam. Your provider may feel your spleen to see if it's too big. · Blood tests. You might have a blood test to measure the levels of blood cells in your ...
Adults and children 2 to 64 years of age with sickle cell disease, those with spleen problems or without spleens, and those who are to have their spleens ...
An enlarged spleen can make anemia worse. It also can reduce the life of red blood cells received in a transfusion. If your spleen grows too big, your health ...
Ruptured spleen; Salpingitis, which is inflammation of the fallopian tubes. Sclerosing mesenteritis · Shingles; Spleen infection; Splenic abscess, which is a ...
The spleen helps the body fight infection, but people can live without a spleen. Learn about the risks and results of this surgery to remove the spleen.
Treatments for an enlarged spleen · Targeted therapy. Targeted therapy for cancer is a treatment that uses medicines that attack specific chemicals in the cancer ...
Enlarged spleen (splenomegaly) · Eosinophilic esophagitis · Epididymitis · Esophagitis · Fibromuscular dysplasia · Food allergy · Food poisoning (foodborne ...
This medicine is used after a splenectomy (surgery to remove the spleen) and other medicines (eg, steroids or immunoglobulin) have not worked well enough.
The buildup of naturally occurring fatty substances damages the spleen, liver, bones and other tissues. Life-long treatments help manage most cases.
Once ascites develops, the risk of further complications increases. Swelling of the spleen. Portal hypertension can cause the spleen to trap white blood cells ...
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