Enlarged Spleen

What is it?

It is when one has a swollen spleen causing the destruction of red blood cells causing anaemia, stomach irritation and regular infections.

Cause

Blockage or obstruction of the blood flow causing an increase of blood pressure in the veins of the liver (Portal hypertension) and/or spleen
Blood clots in veins of the liver or spleen
Injury in vein of the liver and spleen
Abnormalities in the veins of the liver and spleen
Bacterial infection:
- Brucellosis
Adult Still’s disease
Castleman disease
Chronic granulomatous disease
Epstein-barr infection
Familial Mediterranean Fever
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Gaucher disease
Glycogen storage disease
Hairy cell leukaemia
Hereditary spherocytosis
Kaposi’s’ sarcoma
Lipoprotein lipase deficiency (high cholesterol/ high triglycerides)
Lysosomal Lipid Storage and/or Lysosomal Lipid Metabolism Disorders and/or Mucopolysaccharides Metabolism Disorders (Mucopolysaccharidoses)
Mixed cryoglobulinemia (triggered by the cold)
Multiple sulfatase deficiency
Myelofibrosis
Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease
NGLY1 deficiency
Osteopetrosis
Phosphoglycerate kinase deficiency
Polycythaemia vera
Q Fever
Refsum Disease (Zellweger spectrum disorders)
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Sialidosis (cherry red spots in the eyes)
Sickle cell disease
Syphilis
Tangier disease
Trench fever
Triosephosphate isomerase deficiency
Wilson’s disease
Waldenström macroglobulinemia (nose bleeds, bleeding gums, enlarged liver/spleen/lymph nodes, tiredness, finger and toe tingling)
Wolman disease
Congenital wandering spleen

Syndromes

Activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS)
Banti syndrome
Berardinelli-Seip syndrome (lack of body fat, extreme muscular appearance)
Cockayne Syndrome
Felty syndrome (low white blood cells, enlarged spleen and rheumatoid arthritis symptoms)
Hurler syndrome
Proteus syndrome
Congenital Rubella Syndrome
Schnitzler syndrome
Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome
Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome
Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome

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Symptoms

Balance and dizziness problems?
Headache which is on and off or a constant headache longer than 24 hours?
General discomfort (muscle weakness), uneasiness or ill feeling (malaise) and/or fatigue (tiredness)?
Sensitivity to every day noise and/or ringing noise within and/or difficulty hearing?
Short of breath or breathing difficulties?
Lack of energy?
Heart palpitations, irregular heartbeats?
Altered sense of taste?
Desire to eat non-food items, such as ice, paper or clay?
Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)?
Dry, flaking, spoon-shaped nails?
Painful ulcers (open sores) on the corners of your mouth (angular chelosis)?
Pale looking?
Sore, smooth looking tongue?
Skin very itchy?
Diagnosed Anaemic (i.e. lack of oxygen in blood, due to lack of iron, folic acid or heavy blood loss)?
Abdominal pain and/or are constant violently vomiting or vomiting longer than two days?
Unexplained weight loss?
Long term persistent indigestion, frequent heartburn or constant abdominal pain?
Feeling discomfort, fullness, or pain on the upper left side of the abdomen; this pain may spread to your left shoulder?
Feel full quickly when eating trapped wind and burping (‘foul rotten egg smell’)?
Stomach lumps (Swelling over spleen area)?
Lump appear on left hand side of abdomen due to the spleen swelling?

Complications /Information to beware of/General tips:

Medical Emergency Condition

And/or do not wait, phone for an ambulance if have or develop:

Septicaemia
Peritonitis
Nausea and vomiting (not always)?
Hugh or increase in swelling over liver/or spleen area?
Hugh or increase in swelling over stomach area (not due to have eaten food or wind)?
Severe abdominal pain?
Balance and dizziness (not always)?
Bleeding through any orifice (not always)?

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