What i does the spleen do?
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The spleen has a role in fighting infection by producing certain types of white blood cells, and although the bone marrow plays the main role in fighting infection, the importance of ensuring someone has had pneumonia, meningitis, Hib, and flu vaccines needs to be expressed.\nA person without a spleen will also take lifelong low-dose antibiotics, usually penicillin, if allergic to penicillin,next in line would be erythromycin.\n\nThe spleen also contains a large amount of blood, and in case of injury, the spleen can contract and release blood into the body.\nIf ruptured, partly due to the amount of blood it holds, can be lethal if internally bleeds.\n\nThe liver makes your red blood cells and kidneys filter your blood NOT your spleen.
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Spleen is useful to\n \n1) filter for your blood, cleansing it of bacteria, viruses and other debris. When blood flows through your spleen, white blood cells attack and remove any foreign invaders. This keeps your blood clean and helps protect you against infection.\n\n2) Destroying old red-blood cells\nRed blood cells have a lifespan of around 120 days, after which your spleen breaks them down. The red blood cell remains are transported elsewhere in your body where they are excreted or recycled to manufacture new red blood cells.\n\n3) Making blood cells\nBefore birth, foetuses produce red and white blood cells in their spleens. Shortly before birth the spleen loses its ability to make red blood cells and bone marrow takes over this job. The spleen continues producing infection-fighting white blood cells throughout our lives.\n\nWhat happens if spleen is removed (Living without a spleen)\nIt is possible to live without a spleen as most of its functions can be taken over by other organs. However, people without spleens are more vulnerable to all kinds of infections.
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Do you not mean spleen i don't know what a spline is but the human spleen is located in the upper left part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and just below the diaphragm. The spleen is a ductless, vertebrate gland that is closely associated with the circulatory system, where it functions in the destruction of old red blood cells in holding a reservoir of blood. It is regarded as one of the centres of activity of the reticuloendothelial system. Until recently, the purpose of the spleen was not known. It is increasingly recognized that its absence leads to a predisposition to certain infections.
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The spleen is the site for lymphocytes proliferation and immune surveillance. It is also responsible for blood cleansing. It extracts aging blood cells and platelets from the blood. It also stores some of the breakdown products of blood, like iron, for reuse. \n    I would think that since malaria is a parasite that enters the red blood cells, this is how it affects the spleen. It probably causes the spleen to clean out the infected cells which will cause the blood to have too few red blood cells, maybe causing something like anemia? this last part is only a guess though.
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Kidneys, liver, spleen, and pancreas?
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In bone marrow.\nBone marrow: The soft blood-forming tissue that fills the cavities of bones and contains fat and immature and mature blood cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets. Diseases or drugs that affect the bone marrow can affect the total counts of these cells.\n\nSee in\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_marrow
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Blood provide 2 functions for all of the cells in your body. It brings nourishment to it such as vitamins, minerals, water, and oxegyn. It also carries the waste created by the cells away. Just like every human creates waste, such as fecal matter and urine, every cell also creates waste. The blood carries the waste away and takes it to elimination organs such as the bowel, skin, kidneys, and the lungs.
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Lymph nodes, also incorrectly called "Lymph glands" (they do not secrete anything and are therefore not glands), are components of the lymphatic system. Lymph nodes act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes that collect and destroy bacteria and viruses. When the body is fighting an infection, these lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes. Humans have approximately 500-600 lymph nodes. Clusters of lymph nodes are found in the underarms, groin, neck, chest, and abdomen
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Why is it that when I drink gasoline, I puke my spleen?
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When your body finds cells that it does not recognize as its own it will attack and break them down. This is the purpose of white blood cells, to find foreign cells such as viruses and bacteria to eliminate them.
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Your immune system actually gets a bit weaker. You can live just fine without your spleen, but it is an essential part of the immune system. The spleen eliminates dead red blood cells and stories so antibodies. I find that limiting your antibiotic intake and building your own immunity really helps you to feel better and catch less colds.
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The kidneys filter the blood, produce urine, and reabsorb vital electrolytes.  The spleen destroys old blood cells and plays a part in the immune system.
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Lymph nodes are like  filters the body uses to rid it self of infections . They are  filled with leucocytes (white cells) which gather bacteria and viruses and then destroy them. So when this are working  they swell and become tender .
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There are several different ones you can do- liver/gall bladder, kidney, blood, lymph, and colon are the ones that come to mind right away.
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well you may really need to see a doc if you have a ruptured spleen...though spontaneous rupture is not all that common..splenic rupture is usually due to some trauma even when you have a spleen so big that you are aware of it. As a crude guide you could check your temperature and your rate of respiration...a splenic rupture may be accompanied by a rise in respiratory rate and a fall in temperature and really cold hands and feet...if that is so rush off to the doc 1000d or not...\nmono just needs a lifestyle that prevents trauma to the spleen and in a few weeks you get OK....so most likely you will get OK without treatment....hope you get well soon!
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"The spleen is a ductless, vertebrate gland that is closely associated with the circulatory system, where it functions in the destruction of old red blood cells in holding a reservoir of blood. It is regarded as one of the centres of activity of the reticuloendothelial system. Until recently, the purpose of the spleen was not known. It is increasingly recognised that its absence leads to a predisposition to certain infections."
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Because the liver pushes the right kidney down lower than the left....since the left kidney lies under the spleen and it is smaller than the liver.