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You don't really need your spleen at all. During youth ages, the spleen helps create red blood cells. During adult ages, it acts as a "storage facility" for the red blood cells. You can certainly live without it though.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoNothing major in most people. However because the spleen plays a role in the immune system, removal of this organ can increase some people's susceptibility to infection. Young children with the spleen removed would be at a greater risk than adults for infection.
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Can you play football without a spleen?
Yes, you can. It seems alright to continue any sport with the spleen removed. The prime researched impediments of a removed spleen seem to be the predispostion to heart disease and things like pneumonia, etc.
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.
What can go wrong with a dogs spleen?
It can mess wit the dogs body. Miyabi
You had low blood platelets and had your spleen removed and now it may be be that your spleen is regrowing what is the likelyhood of this occurring?
Is not going to happen. NEVER!
Dead and injured white blood cells are removed from circulation by the?
spleen
What happens when your spleen is removed?
Your spleen is simply a blood reservoir so when it is removed if you ever get cut or bleed alot you have a more likely chance of suffering hypoperfusion eg: shock..
When is the spleen removed during a pancreatectomy?
If the disease affects the splenic artery or vein, the spleen is also removed.
What is removed in a splenectomy?
The spleen.
How much blood is sequestered in the spleen?
In healthy adults, about 30% of blood platelets are sequestered in the spleen.
Can you join the military with your spleen removed?
Yes you can
Can you play football without a spleen?
Yes, you can. It seems alright to continue any sport with the spleen removed. The prime researched impediments of a removed spleen seem to be the predispostion to heart disease and things like pneumonia, etc.
If the spleen is removed what organ compenstae for its function?
the liver
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.
What can go wrong with a dogs spleen?
It can mess wit the dogs body. Miyabi
Can you have surgery on your spleen?
it is possible to have surgery on a spleen, you can also have your spleen removed but only if its due to something serious, like a blood disorder etc.......the main 2 organs to ever get removed from humans is the appendix (appendicitis) and the gallbladder (mainly due to gallstones)
Can spleen stone be removed by medicines?
Medication may be prescribed for treatment of spleen stones. Drinking plenty of fluids is also another treatment to flush out the spleen stones.
How are harmful organism removed from your lymph?
the spleen and the lymph nodes
