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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.
Is the spleen normally palpable?
No, the spleen is not normally palpable in healthy individuals. If the spleen is palpable, it may indicate an underlying medical condition such as an infection, inflammation, or enlargement. A healthcare provider should evaluate any palpable spleen.
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.
If a person has no spleen what should they not do?
My little girl was born without the spleen, like her father. I'm an Italian girl who is very informed about asplenia. Asplenia can be congenital or caused by traumatic events or by serious blood diseases. I can say that people without a spleen have to do vaccines against streptococcus pneumoniae, c meningococcus, antiemophilus influenzae, anti-flu, MPR vaccine, and pay attention to any signs of infections or fevers, even if low grade fevers. People without the spleen should not go abroad in countries such as Africa, (Meningitis is very diffused), use immediately antibiotics if they have got a fever, take precautions against stinks of insects
How long can a person live with his bone marrow not functioning?
Without functioning bone marrow, a person may survive for only a few days to a couple of weeks. This is because bone marrow is essential for producing blood cells, which are necessary for oxygen transport and immune function. Without these cells, the body cannot survive for long.
How long can a person live without air?
A person can live minutes without air.
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 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
How long can a person live without candy?
From the time they were born to the time they are deceased.
How long can a cancer person live without food or water?
2 Days
Can a person live without a leg?
yes...as long as their heart and brain are working, they can live. There are plenty of people that are living without arms and legs...
How long can a person live without bones?
They cant liva at all (DUMB QUESTION)
How long can a person live without taking a shower?
As long as any other person but they might smell pretty bad. Or they could take baths.
How long can a person live with an enlarge heart?
You cant live very long without treatment. But maybe with treatment you could live for a bit longer.
How long can a person in bad health live without food?
2-3 weeks at most.
