Everyone knows about the existence of such an organ as the spleen. But there are very few people who can answer the question of what role it has in the body. Although little is known about the spleen, one can safely say that it is very important. Therefore, with the first symptoms of the disease of the spleen, it is recommended immediately to consult a specialist. Of course, we know quite a few cases when the diseased organ was removed. After such an operation the body continues to function normally. And yet it is better not to allow this.
Symptoms of spleen disease in humans
It is not known for certain, but it is very likely that the spleen takes a direct part in blood filtration, maintaining the balance of metabolic processes in the body. The same organ ensures normal coagulation of the blood.
There are many diseases that can affect the spleen. The first signs of the disease of the spleen may differ.
Spleen infarction
Such a disease becomes the reason for blockage of the vessels feeding the organ, because of which its functions are violated. The patient feels discomfort in the right hypochondrium and abdomen. Very often a heart attack is accompanied by:
- severe nausea;
- vomiting, not bringing any relief;
- fever;
- chills.
Injuries, infectious diseases and inflammations
All these factors can cause the formation of an abscess. Symptoms of this disease of the spleen are similar to those of a heart attack:
- heat;
- fever;
- chills;
- painful sensations.
The pain is acute, increasing during movement and changes in the position of the body.
Tuberculosis
The spleen is prone to infection with a stick of Koch. Tuberculosis of the body is rather difficult to suspect - it has no pronounced symptoms. One of the most obvious manifestations is a high temperature, which does not subside for a long time.
Benign tumor
Often in the body, cysts are formed. Symptoms of this disease of the spleen in both women and men do not manifest immediately - only when the growth significantly increases in size. Because of the overgrown cyst, the size of the organ also increases.
Parasitic lesion
The spleen also increases in leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that, fortunately, occurs infrequently. With leishmaniasis, the patient feels weak, tormented by heat. During the illness, small bruises and bruises appear on the body. The ailment also causes an increase in the lymph nodes and liver.
Pathologies of blood
Negative on the spleen are blood diseases. Werlhof's syndrome is a vivid example. The main symptom of spleen disease in women and men in this case is a change in blood composition. Because of the illness, patients feel weak, suffer from dizziness, mucous bleeding.
Check with a specialist will not hurt those who are infectious diseases with unenviable persistence. To suspect the problem and go to the examination should be with a decrease in hemoglobin, the appearance of bruises on the body, even with minor injuries, and regular bleeding.
Treatment of diseases of the spleen
Treatment in each case is selected individually, but by a single principle. First of all, therapy should be aimed at combating the disease, because of which there were signs of problems with the spleen. Usually medication course is enough. Often, antibiotics are used to treat diseases of the spleen. But do not forget that you can take any medication only as directed by a specialist.
To remove the spleen, doctors try to resort only in extreme cases, when both medicines, and physiotherapy procedures, and alternative therapies proved powerless.