Someone without a spleen is immunocompromised and when you don't have a spleen you're at a higher risk of bacterial and other infections than people with a spleen.
The negative effects of not having a spleen are your at a higher risk of infection from certain types of bacteria.
This is because the spleen is very important for the body's defense against germs and bacterial so if your spleen is removed your body's defense mechanism does not work as it should.
You can live without a spleen, although without a spleen you can be at a greater risk for developing certain types of blood infections.
The degree of risk for blood infections without a spleen depends on your age and if you have other diseases.
However your risk of infection without a spleen is highest in the first two years after splenectomy, it stays high for the rest of your life.
Your spleen is a fist-sized organ found in the upper left side of your abdomen, next to your stomach and behind your left ribs.
The spleen is an important part of your immune system but you can survive without it because the liver can take over many of the spleen's functions.
The spleen and the gallbladder are peritoneal as the spleen and the gallbladder are contained in the peritoneal cavity.
The bladder is an retroperitoneal organ.
The urinary system including the urinary bladder and ureters are retroperitoneal organs which means they lie behind the peritoneum.
Intraperitoneal organs are the organs having a mesentery, such as the stomach, small intestine (jejunum and ileum), transverse colon, liver and gallbladder.
The difference between peritoneal and retroperitoneal is.
Intraperitoneal: peritonealized organs having a mesentery, such as the stomach, small intestine (jejunum and ileum), transverse colon, liver and gallbladder.
Retroperitoneal: organs without a mesentery and associated with posterior body wall, such as the aorta, inferior vena cava, kidneys and suprarenal glands.
The kidneys are called retroperitoneal because the kidneys sit behind a lining in your abdominal cavity, unlike all the other abdominal cavities.
The pancreas is called a retroperitoneal organ because it has no specific delineating anatomical structures and they have peritoneum on their anterior side only.
The human pancreas plays a big role in digestion and is located inside the abdomen, just behind the stomach.
Your pancreas is about the size of your hand.
During digestion, the pancreas makes pancreatic juices called enzymes.
These enzymes break down sugars, fats, and starches.
If you have a cancerous tumor on your pancreas you will usually live for around a year after diagnoses without treatment.
With treatment you may live for up to 5 years with the cancerous pancreas tumor.
Not all tumors on the pancreas are cancer so you may live a long life with the non cancerous tumor but the cancerous tumor can be and is deadly.
You can survive a pancreatic tumor if the tumor is caught soon enough and treated.
However without treatment you will die much sooner from the pancreatic tumor if it's cancerous and even with treatment you can still survive but not for too long.
You can remove a tumor from the pancreas through surgery and the whipple procedure.
Sometimes if a pancreatic NET is small, just the tumor itself is removed.
This is called enucleation. This operation may be done using a laparoscope, so that only a few small cuts on the belly are needed.
This operation may be all that is needed to treat an insulinoma.
A tumor on the pancreas can be either serious and cancerous or not serious and non cancerous.
Not all tumors on the pancreas turn out to be cancer and some tumors on the pancreas are harmless but even so you should get checked out.
If the tumor on your pancreas is cancerous then it's serious as it can be fatal if not removed or treated.
Chemo is worth it for pancreatic cancer if the pancreatic cancer has not progressed too far and you want to increase your life expectancy and live a bit longer.
Having chemo for pancreatic cancer can increase your lifespan so it can be worth it unless you're older and don't see it as worth it.
While chemotherapy may not cure cancer, it along with radiation therapy may improve the chances of survival and result in an improved quality of life.
Pancreatic cancer can go from Stage 1 to Stage 4 in a year although it may take a few years as it can vary.
After the first cancer cell appears, it takes an average of nearly seven years for that cell to turn into the billions that make up a cancerous tumor the size of a plum, after which at least one of the cells within the tumor has the potential and ability to spread to other organs.
Tumors in the pancreas are not always cancerous.
However if you think you have a tumor on your pancreas it should be checked out to be sure it's not cancerous and it's best to have the pancreas tumor removed even when it's not cancer.
A CT scan can show pancreatic cancer as the CT scan can get a clear picture of the pancreas making it pretty easy to detect pancreatic cancer.
The first symptom of pancreatic cancer is usually Jaundice and yellowing of the eyes.
Abdominal pain is also another common first symptom of pancreatic cancer.
The 5 signs of pancreatic cancer include.
Jaundice.
Back Pain.
Abdominal Pain.
Bloating.
Nausea and even Vomiting.
Pancreatic cancer has a survival rate of 5 years.
Some people may live longer or shorter depending on how far progressed the pancreatic cancer is.
Compared to other cancers, pancreatic cancer is relatively rare.
But it is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
Only about 8.5% of patients with pancreatic cancer are alive five years after their diagnosis.
This one of the lowest survival rates for any kind of cancer.
In some cases it is possible to have pancreatic cancer for years without knowing as it can be slow growing and not show any signs or symptoms for awhile.
Pancreatic cancer is cancer that begins in the organ lying behind the lower part of the stomach (pancreas).
The pancreas secretes enzymes that aid digestion and hormones that help regulate the metabolism of sugars. This type of cancer is often detected late, spreads rapidly, and has a poor prognosis.
There are no symptoms of pancreatic cancer in the early stages.
Later stages of pancreatic cancer are associated with symptoms, but these can be non-specific, such as lack of appetite and weight loss.
Treatment for pancreatic cancer may include surgically removing the pancreas, radiation, and chemotherapy.
Some early warning signs of pancreatic cancer are Jaundice which is yellowing of the skin, sudden unexplained weight loss, poor appetite, Vomiting, Nausea, Gallbladder Enlargement, Liver Enlargement, Blood Clots and even Diabetes.
Other Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer are Abdominal Pain, Middle Back Pain, Fatigue and even yellowing of the eyes.
DNA is thought to be the #1 cause of pancreatic cancer.
Most people who get pancreatic cancer get the pancreatic cancer through mutations and DNA.
However sometimes not eating healthy or being overweight can lead to pancreatic cancer but the actual cause of pancreatic cancer is not 100 percent known for sure.