Splenomegaly is an increase in breast size, which can be caused by various diseases and requires treatment to prevent a possible rupture, which could result in life-threatening internal bleeding.
Well function is regular, producing and storing blood cells and destroying old and damaged blood cells, however, due to the increased ability to store blood cells, in splenomegaly, the functioning of this organ has been affected and the amount of blood circulating cells dependent on anemia, frequent infections and bleeding disorders.
If you may be asymptomatic, splenomegaly may be accompanied by the following symptoms:
In the presence of these symptoms and severe pain in the upper abdomen, a doctor should be called urgently.
Factors that can lead to an increase in viral infections, such as mononucleosis; bacterial infections such as syphilis or endocarditis parasitic infections such as malaria or visceral leishmaniasis, for example.
In addition, splenomegaly can be caused by cirrhosis and other diseases affecting the liver, various types of hemolytic anemia, blood cancer such as leukemia or lymphoma, metabolic disorders, portal hypertension or blood clots in blood vessels.
If splenomegaly is not treated at the same time, it can cause complications due to the reduction of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in the bloodstream, which break the body more susceptible to infections, anemia and increased bleeding.
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Splenomegaly has the cure and the ideal treatment will depend on the cause, in this way, in the presence of an infection, treatment includes the use of improvement drugs, such as antibiotics, antivirals or antiparasis. In the case of cirrhosis and blood cancer. , for example, because treatment is extensive, splenomegaly is controlled and the priority is the healing of the base disease.
In more severe cases, because enlarged bone causes serious complications, it is not possible to identify the cause of the problem, it may be necessary to remove the bone by surgery, because it is possible to live healthily without this organ, however, there is a risk of developing infections.