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Your spleen is an organ that sits just below your left rib cage. Many conditions — including infections, liver disease and some cancers — can cause an ...
If you have an enlarged spleen, a less forceful trauma might cause rupture. Without emergency treatment, the internal bleeding caused by a ruptured spleen can ...
Many small or moderate-sized injuries to the spleen can heal without surgery. You're likely to stay in the hospital while your health care team observe your ...
Ruptured spleen. If your spleen ruptures due to a severe abdominal injury or because of an enlarged spleen (splenomegaly), the result may be life-threatening, ...
An enlarged spleen is usually detected during a physical exam. Your doctor can often feel it by gently examining your left upper belly.
Learn about what your spleen does and what can happen if it becomes enlarged.
The spleen is an organ that sits under your rib cage on the upper left side of your abdomen. It helps fight infection and filters unneeded material, such as old ...
Swollen lymph nodes in your neck and armpits; Swollen tonsils; Headache; Skin rash; Soft, swollen spleen. The virus has an incubation period of about four to ...
The spleen helps you fight infection, but you can live without it if you have to. Learn about the risks and results of this surgery to remove the spleen.
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