Enlarged spleen. Causes and treatment of folk remedies, herbs, diet. Symptoms in children, adolescents, adults. Effects

Enlarged spleen or splenomegaly is an alarming symptom of the fact that the body is not all right. Therefore, the sooner will be found the cause of this disease process and were treated, the more likely that its function will be restored in full.

This body does not belong to a vital, but it has a special mission to clean up the blood from the infection, bacteria, protozoa foreign particles and dead red blood cells. Therefore, when splenic dysfunction increases sensitivity to exposure to pathogens.

The causes of enlarged spleen

This body of an adult is considered to be increased if its mass exceeds 200 g Any excess of the norm is the sign of inflammation which occurs as a result of diseases of other organs, which significantly increases the burden on him.

Enlarged spleen absorbs blood cells in a large amount, and the filter function is significantly reduced. This subsequently leads to an overall reduction in the number of leukocytes, erythrocytes and platelets, which adversely affects the clotting of blood. In addition, it causes anemia and increases susceptibility to infection.

The main causes of disease in adults:

• liver disease (cirrhosis, hepatitis B, C, steatosis);
• disorders of the hematopoietic system (chronic hemolysis, osteopetrosis, lymphoma, leukemia);
• infectious diseases (sepsis, brucellosis, mycobacteria);
• tuberculosis;
• viruses (measles, mononucleosis, HIV, measles);
• blood cancer;
• autoimmune diseases;
• malignant and benign tumors;
• alcoholism;
• blood flow disturbance (thrombosis, reduced patency of portal vein);
• infestation.

Splenomegaly can be diagnosed in children as well. Development of the pathology can be caused by several reasons. Any deviations from the norm in a big way are abnormal.

The main causes of enlarged spleen in infants and older:

• diphtheria;
• rubella;
• measles;
  
• virus mononucleosis;
• psittacosis;
• malaria;
• congenital toxoplasmosis;
• worm infestation (echinococcosis, schistosomiasis)
• diseases caused by metabolic disorders, acquired and hereditary (osteomyelitis, Gaucher's disease, glycogen storage disease, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, essential hyperlipidemia).

Symptomatology of pathological process

Signs of abnormal increase in the body are identical at any age. The main symptom is discomfort in the left upper quadrant, which is expressed pain of various kinds. The rest of the symptoms can vary based on the type of pathology.

signs appear next in the acute form of pathological process:

• fever;
• a feeling of heaviness in the stomach, as enlarged spleen starts to put pressure on the adjacent organ;
• nausea, rare case with vomiting;
• increased sweating, especially during sleep;
• weight loss;
  
• dark circles under the eyes;
• pale skin;
• appetite loss.

Noninflammatory form of pathology has greased the clinical picture. Recognize pathology can only dull pain on the left side, gives to the abdominal cavity.

Sometimes additional symptom performs low-grade fever.

Symptoms of the disease can vary based on the underlying cause, caused splenomegaly.

In the case of larger organ size on a background of viral hepatitis, the characteristic features are:

• SARS symptoms;
  
• general weakness against the background of intoxication;
• yellowing of the skin;
• violation of the digestive system function;
• disturbed sleep;
• headache;
• nausea accompanied by vomiting, not bringing relief.

If the root cause of inflammation are diseases of the genitourinary system, the symptoms can be expressed as follows:

• a feeling of fullness in the background of the use of small amounts of food;
• constant aching pain in the abdominal cavity;
• frequent urge to the bathroom;
• itching, burning at the end of urination;
• failure of the menstrual cycle;
• discomfort during sexual intercourse.

Another reason for the increase in body weight may be tuberculosis, which to a certain point does not cause any symptoms characteristic. But then, in the absence of treatment the pathologic process is accompanied by signs that can be detected in a laboratory examination.

They are as follows:

• significant reduction in the number of erythrocytes, leukocytes;
• poor blood clotting, leading to bleeding.

The consequences of the disease

Splenomegaly danger lies in the fact that it is not an independent disease. Therefore, it is crucial to be examined and to identify the root cause in order to prevent more serious health complications.

Possible consequences:

• Body gap followed by internal bleeding;
• hemodyscrasia process;
• regular infectious pathology amid low platelet count, leucocytes and erythrocytes;
• deterioration of blood clotting.

methods of diagnosis

Depending on the form of the disease and the accompanying symptoms, the disease can be diagnosed by various methods.

The main types of surveys at elevated body weight:

• Visual inspection and palpation. This kind of diagnosis applied in case of a significant increase in spleen. Pathology can be identified by protrusion of the abdomen and chest on the left side.
• patient survey. At the time of data collection is taken into account borne infectious disease, liver disease and disorders of the cardiovascular system, which could lead to compaction and increase in volume authority.
• radiography. Is effective only in the presence of gas in the gut and stomach, which makes it possible to detect the swelling of the spleen. Therefore, to obtain complete data oxygen administered to the patient prior to the procedure.
• Blood analysis. It helps determine the osmotic resistance of red blood particles.
• ultrasound. The study helps to identify the size of the spleen and examine its internal structure.
• CT. Used in the case of suspected cancer, or if the ultrasound was unable to identify the root cause of the disease.

  

• Puncture. It is rarely used when other examinations have not been able to identify the root cause of the disease. The material collected for analysis in this case makes it possible to more accurately identify the nature of organ changes, but there is a high risk of rupture of the spleen, followed by bleeding.

Based on the survey physician determines the root cause, which led to an increase in spleen size. necessary course of treatment is prescribed after the diagnosis.

medicinal tinctures

Enlarged spleen (causes and treatment of this disease may be different) needs a reduced load and appropriate therapy. Before proceeding to the folk methods of treatment, should ask your doctor about the advisability of the use of those components.

The most effective recipe infusions:

• Hop cones. Pour 1 part of the plant component 4 parts alcohol to 40% alcohol. After that insist in the dark 10 days, occasionally shaking the container. At the end of the infusion period to clear impurities. Drinking means you need 40 drops daily until the end.
• lady's purse. 250 ml of boiling water 10 g steamed plants collection infuse for 20 minutes. Subsequently cleaned of impurities. Drink means 5 times a day, drinking 30 ml of infusion.
  
• Healing collection №1 herbs. Nettle greens, strawberries, striped, three-colored violet flowers combine in equal amounts. 1 liter of boiling water steamed 100 g of the herbal mixture. After 60 min. infusion clean. Drinking means you need every day, drinking 200 ml of tincture three times a day
• Healing collection №2 herbs. Inflorescences of chamomile, nettle herb, St. John's wort, fennel, immortelle and angelica rhizome connect in the same amount. After 3 h. clear infusion. Conduct reception need three times a day, drinking for 1 admission for 200 ml drink.
• Agrimonia Eupatoria. 15 g of plants collection pour 250 ml of a boiling water, stand for 1 hour. The tool then cleaned of impurities. Take up the main meals for 30 min. For 1 day is necessary to drink for 1 st. infusion.
• briar. In thermos pour 60 g of fruit plants and poured 1 liter of boiling water. Stand all night. Drink it all means the next day in equal parts by taking a drink after a meal.
• tutsan. 10 g herb steamed boiled water in a volume of 250 ml. Insist half an hour to clean. Take ¼ Art. 3 times a day.
• strawberry. Leaves and berries are crushed plants individually and take each component of 15 g Pour the mixture into a thermos bottle and pour the boiled water (800 mL). Withstand 3 hours. Drinking should be 250 ml per 1 times beverage as tea three times per day.
• field bindweed. 30 g grass pour 200 ml of 3% vinegar. Infuse means 1 month in the dark. At the end of the term clear. For oral administration necessary to dissolve 1 h. l. means prepared in 100 ml of water. This procedure should be carried out 2 times a day, morning and evening.
• Periwinkle. 1 h. l. collecting plants insist in 1 tbsp. boiling water for 20 minutes. By the time the end of the cleanse drink. Take medicine three equal portions during the day, regardless of the basic food intake.
  
• Rosehips, dandelion, sorrel. This facility should be prepared separately. 1 tbsp. l. briar root steamed boiling water (250 ml). Infuse thermos 2 hours. 15 g of dandelion roots in boiling water (200 ml) for 4 h. Sorrel leaves (30 g) was steamed with boiling water (200 ml), stand for half an hour. All healing potions on time completion of clean up. Take the morning - the infusion of rose hips, day - Dandelion in the evening - sorrel, drinking drinks full for 1 admission. Therapy is conducted 60 days and repeated after 3 months if necessary.

Broth

Enlarged spleen (the causes and treatment of inflammation of the body should determine the doctor) can bounce back, if we use medicinal teas, reducing the load on the body.

Recipes concoctions:

• lovage. 15 g of milled plant rhizomes pour into a container and add 400 mL of water. Means boil 15 minutes. At the end of time to wrap up a container of broth. After 1 h. clear. The medicine should be drunk within 10 minutes. before eating, drinking 80 ml of the broth for 1 time.
• galeopsis ordinary. 100g plants collection pour 400 ml of water. As soon as the tool comes to a boil, remove from heat. Withstand 30 min., And then cleaned. Drinking medicinal teas should be in small portions for 1 day.
• wormwood silver. 15 g herb steamed 550 ml of boiling water, and then another 15 minute boil. When the broth is cooled down, it must be cleaned, and then pour honey (30 mL). Drink a decoction of wormwood for 40 minutes. before eating, drinking 80 ml of healthful drink for 1 time.
  
• couch. 50 g of plant root add water (500 mL). In cold insist means 3 hr., And after the time boil for 10 minutes. Drink broth should repens 70 ml before meals, after cleaning it of impurities.
• madder dyeing. To 15 g of root plants add 400 ml of water. Boil for 10 min., Then cool and clean. Drink ½ st. madder decoction twice a day before meals.
• herbal teas. Pre-milled medicinal components. And then mixed in the following proportions: St. John's wort (1 tbsp. l.), hop cone (1 pc.), wild rose (5 fruits), marigold flowers (1.5 v. l.), fennel stem (1 tbsp. l.). All components are placed in a single container and pour 500 ml of water. Cooking means 5 min., And then cooling to infuse, encased in a tank warm scarf. Subsequently, a decoction of plants should be cleaned of impurities. During the day drink drug 3 times with 80 ml before meals. The whole course - 14 days, then break for 5 days, then repeat the treatment.
• Oak bark and the root of soapwort. Mark each component 2 tbsp. l. in powdered form. Pour the mixture with water in a volume of 1 liter. Boil for 5 min., Not allowing much bubbling. Give broth to cool, and then peel. Drink beverage three times a day, mixing it in equal proportions with water. The whole course - 30 days, repeat after 2 weeks break if necessary.
• Taraxacum officinale. Grind the root of the plant. Pour 15 grams of the mixture with water (250 mL). Boil for 20 min., Not allowing much means to boil. Strain and take with tumors in the spleen, drinking hot medicine to a night's sleep.
• pine buds. Grind component. Steamed boiling water (250 ml), the resulting mixture (1 tbsp. l.). Withstand 30 min., And then another 10 minutes to cook., Not allowing much boil means. Clear and drink with a strong pain, drinking 200 ml of broth for 1 times in the form of heat.

juices

Reduce inflammation of the spleen can be and with the help of juices, but they must be slightly warmed. It is also useful not to resort to the same kind of drink, and several alternate throughout the course of treatment.

The most effective drinks:

• White cabbage. Select succulent leaves (2 pcs.) Vegetable. Grind them to a blender and squeeze the juice. Drink 100 ml beverage for 1 h. before meals.
  
• Beets, radishes, carrots. Grate the vegetables separately and then squeeze the juice. Each component in an equal volume to fill a glass dark bottle. Simmer for use when the mean temperature for 3 hours in the oven, without opening to the liquid not evaporated. Drink three times a day for 30 ml of juice. The whole course - 3 months.
• Pomegranate juice. Receiving conduct three times a day for 1.5 hours before eating, drinking 100 ml of 1 times.

Other popular treatments

Enlarged spleen (the causes and treatment of disease may vary considerably, but will help relieve the inflammation folk remedies, independently of provoking factor) for maximum effect in treatment requires careful dosing compliance components prescription.

Effective recipes medicinal sources:

• 60 ml of liquid heated to honey consistency. Pour it into 30 mL of warm olive oil. Drink agent twice a day, drinking for 1 admission for 1 st. l.
• 250 ml of milk boil, and then slow down the heat to a minimum. Add thereto 10 g of propolis. Stirring bring the mixture to a homogeneous composition. When ready double strain mixture, to remove the top layer is formed of wax. Inflammation of drinking milk 3 times a day 70 ml in the form of heat.
• Select a large tuber black radish, wash it. Cut the vegetables core and fill the space with the ground roots of horseradish. Add the honey mixture (50 ml). Vegetable stew for 20 minutes in the oven. at a temperature of 100 degrees. Take the medicine in the morning - 60 ml in the evening - 30 m. The whole course - 10 days.
  
• Cucumber seeds grind to a powder composition. Take the morning to 1 am. l., a glass of water. Continue therapy for 15 days.
• 500 ml of vodka pour 100 g of propolis. The mixture was put in a dark and tightly close the lid. After 20 days, double-cleaned from impurities means. Infusion daily drink by mixing 30 drops of the drug with 50 ml of water for half an hour before a meal. The whole course - 3 weeks.
• 15 g of ground rhizome ferrule mixed with 400 ml of vodka. Infuse be in the dark at room temperature. Within 1 month capacitance periodically shaken. At the end of the term clear liqueur. Admission to spend 20 drops of dissolving the water twice a day.
• 200 g of leaves willow pour special mixture that includes 200 mL of vinegar (9%) and 100 ml of water. After 15 min. liquid drain and squeeze the pulp plant and apply as a compress to the affected area. Top overlay film and secure a warm scarf. At the end of half an hour withdrawals. The whole course - 12 procedures.
• 50 g of fungus pour hot water (1 L), hold for 4 hours. When the component soften it and re-grind pour hot water, boiling water but not to the same extent. Infuse for 48 hours in the dark to clear. Take 200 ml of the beverage 3 times throughout the day. The whole course - 20 days, can be repeated after 6 months.

invalid food

Enlarged spleen (the causes and treatment of this pathology are related to diet) needs adjustment menu. Do not reduce the load on the body, can not achieve sustainable positive results, so the treatment of the spleen is necessary to eliminate harmful products.

Table products with increased spleen:

Category	List of products
Allowed	lean meat (beef, lean pork, poultry, liver); cereals water (buckwheat, millet); vegetables (cabbage, beets, beans, carrots, tomatoes, peas); sweet berries; daily bread; ginger; fruits (pomegranate, grapes, figs); vegetarian and dairy soups; pasta; dairy products (cream, curd, fermented baked); Sausage milk.
limited	salt - no more than 10 grams a day; butter - daily rate of '60
illicit	any fatty meat and fish; veal; vinegar; coffee; kidney, brain; pickles; fried, smoked, flour, sour, spicy food; rich products (cakes, pastries, pancakes, pies); hot spices; fat; canned food; ice cream; fresh bakery products; chocolate; cocoa; alcohol; carbonated drinks; chicken eggs; cream cheese; cranberry.

Gymnastics

Treatment enlarged spleen, whatever the cause of the disease, it is recommended, and with special breathing exercises. Gymnastics in this case, not only promotes the reduction of body size, but also strengthens the entire organism.

Exercises:

1. Lying on your back to breathe the air, and at the same time involve the stomach. Then exhale slowly. Repeated inhalation stomach contrary stick out and then release the air. Make 6 to 10 repetitions of the exercise.
   
2. In the standing position or lying down to put his hands on his stomach. Inject air thrusting stomach. Repeat 2 more times breath and then let the air freely. Repeat 10 times, but gradually this rate should be raised to 40.
3. Lie down, put his hands behind his head, bend the legs. Make a slow breath, bringing the abdominal wall in motion and then let the air out. Repeat exercise constantly accelerating pace. When it begins to feel dizzy from a surplus of oxygen, to finish the job.
4. Lie back down. Breathe deeply, and then start to breathe intermittently while repeating a syllable 'ca'. During exhalation of air abdominal wall should create a sharp move. On 1 breath exhalation should be carried out 3-4. Repeat 8 to 10 times.
5. Take a standing position, placing the hands on the hips line. Inhale while stuck out his belly forward. After that, one hand raised to his lips, folded it into a tube and breathe into it gathered the air. The next time you inhale the abdomen as much as possible to drag and exhale on the previous principle, but already using the other hand. Exercise repeat 8-12 times.
6. Lie on your back. Breathe the air, at the same time make zevatelnoe movement, but with the mouth should be closed. Breathless 3 seconds, then release the air. Repeat 15 times.

spleen pathology carries a risk for the whole body have been broken natural process of filtration and hematopoiesis in the body.

But it is necessary to understand that the reason for the increase lies in the body of the violation of the functions of other organs. Therefore, the sooner it will be detected and have been treated, the less negative impact on the process of human health.

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