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What does the spleen in your body do?

Will my body still be able to fight basic infections without a spleen?

  • I'm having my spleen removed I was freaked at first but not really bothered anymore I'm just curious if I get A cold will I just be able to treat it the same (doing nothing lol) or will extra precautions need to be taken, I'm getting inoculations soon

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    A 28-year follow-up of 740 veterans of World War II who had their spleens removed on the battlefield found that those who had been splenectomized showed a significant excess of mortality from pneumonia (6 rather than the expected 1.3) and a significant excess of mortality from ischemic heart disease (4.1 rather than the expected 3) but not from other conditions. Talk with your doctor about getting needed vaccinations. Most adults do not need antibiotics long-term. Everyone who has had a splenectomy will need to get a flu vaccine every year.

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Much like getting your gall bladder removed the body will take over the the responsibilities of the spleen. There is no need to get inoculations to help you. I am not sure what kind of inoculations you are going to get but you might be wasting your money.

Kat

Spleen mostly has to do with making red blood cells, which is also done by the bone marrow. Take a good probiotic, for much of your immune system relies on the digestive system being in proper function. Why are you getting 'inoculations'??

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