How to treat enlarged spleen? How to cure enlarged spleen?
The Spleen New functions of the spleen are still being discovered. This fist sized organ is situated high up under the left ribs in direct contact with the stomach, diaphragm, intestine and kidney. The spleen serves as an internal reservoir for blood, and this stored blood can be squeezed out into the general circulation in stress situations. It normally destroys the red blood cell corpuscles that have attained maturity. The diseases of the spleen with which the surgeon is concerned are new growths and excessive and erratic activity of the spleen that destroys too many blood elements. The spleen is a nonessential organ, and one can live normally without it. It is probable that more spleens are removed because they are injured or because they lie close to tumors in adjacent structures than because they are intrinsically diseased. Only certain specific blood disorders are improved by removal of the spleen. Does removal of the spleen have a bad effect on any other system? Th...