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you can live indefinatly without a spleen The spleen is essential for the formation of red blood cells in a fetus until the bone marrow develops. After birth it normally performs several important functions, but all of them can be taken over by by other organs.
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Can you live without your spleen?
Yes you can, however chances are you will have to take antibiotics or other medication to help prevent infection. The spleen helps your immune system fight off infection as well as to remove old or damaged blood cells. It is best to have a healthy spleen but if it ruptures you may have to have it removed.
How serious is a tumor in the spleen?
If the tumor is malignant, then it is serious no matter where it is located. However, the Spleen can be removed as the body can get by just fine without it. So as long as the tumor hasn't metastasized to somewhere else, then the person should be fine.
Is the spleen normally palpable?
My spleen is 9000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 inches long
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Can you live without your spleen?
Yes you can, however chances are you will have to take antibiotics or other medication to help prevent infection. The spleen helps your immune system fight off infection as well as to remove old or damaged blood cells. It is best to have a healthy spleen but if it ruptures you may have to have it removed.
How serious is a tumor in the spleen?
If the tumor is malignant, then it is serious no matter where it is located. However, the Spleen can be removed as the body can get by just fine without it. So as long as the tumor hasn't metastasized to somewhere else, then the person should be fine.
How long can a person live without sex?
All their lives
How long can a person survive without coconut milk?
Coconut milk is not essential for the human bodies' survival so a person can live a long life without it.
How long can a person live without a small intestine?
how ever long god wants them to live. god can do miracles and we have to believe in them
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From the time they were born to the time they are deceased.
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How long can a person live without bones?
They cant liva at all (DUMB QUESTION)
Is the spleen normally palpable?
My spleen is 9000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 inches long
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As long as any other person but they might smell pretty bad. Or they could take baths.
