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Spleen..

It is one of the body parts that the doctor rarely mentions
To a patient when he talks about diseases.

Perhaps grilling meat in the markets is most reminiscent of the spleen, as it is a sweet and tasty food for those who know it. It is then usually sheep spleen.

The spleen is a small organ that is often located in a quiet area, in the abdomen, between the viscera.

We say viscera. By this we often mean stuffing the abdomen
From the stomach, intestines, and liver, it is related to food in terms of its digestion, absorption, transformation, and processing, as well as the kidneys, bladder, and other organs related to producing food and ridding the body of its waste.

If we come to the spleen, we find a body from where
Its function is strange among the rest of these organs, as it does not connect
With food and nutrition from close.

You will find it in the northern left corner of the stomach
Human, behind the stomach.

The spleen is about 15 centimeters long and weighs about 170 grams when healthy. Even if it becomes sick or infected with an infection, its weight increases significantly. As for its shape, it resembles something like a fist. As for its color, it is reddish-purple.

The spleen has four functions:

First: In the fetus, the spleen makes both red and white blood cells, but after the child leaves his mother’s womb, the spleen stops making red cells.

Second: The large, transparent spleen cells eliminate the old red blood cells that had to be removed and replaced by new ones.

Third: The spleen makes lymphocytes for the lymphatic circulation.

Fourth: The spleen stores an amount of blood amounting to about 5 percent of human blood, which it overflows to the body when needed.

- The spleen is considered a storehouse of red blood cells:

The English physiologist Barcroft and his group went to the Peruvian Andes mountains with the intention of conducting experiments related to human adaptation to different mountain heights. He conducted many blood experiments on his friends. It has been found that the red blood pigment, hemoglobin, increases as people work harder and closer to their peaks. Upon subsidence, the amount of dye returned to its normal state. Then the scientist Barcraft ruled that the increase in hemoglobin was merely an increase in the number of red blood cells. This increase in these balls is caused by an unknown organ in the body, and it is suspected that it is the spleen. Then subsequent research proved that his suspicion of the spleen was true.

Research has shown that, in times of distress that befall a person, the spleen is compressed by the influence of the sympathetic nerves, causing the blood in it to become scarce. This also happens when the body temperature rises, when blood pressure decreases, and during physical exercise. Likewise, in cases that require help with a fresh flood of blood.

The function of the spleen, as a storehouse of blood reserves, is clear in animals, such as the dog, cat, and the like.

- Spleen:

The spleen, because of its small size, makes the doctor unable to feel it with his hand as he can with the other organs. But the spleen increases in weight when sick, even reaching pounds. The doctor can usually palpate it if its weight exceeds a pound.

One of the classic diseases in which the size of the spleen increases is malaria.

The spleen is vulnerable to rupture, hernia, and explosion, especially when it is large in size, especially in accidents, and blood flows from it to the viscera.

The spleen is cut into the body in all cases of rupture, and the body performs the same tasks that the spleen used to do after it is cut off.