What does an enlarged spleen feel like

The spleen is a relatively important organ in the human body. When the spleen becomes enlarged, it will have some impact on the patient's physical health and life. In general, splenomegaly can be divided into two types: infectious splenomegaly and non-infectious splenomegaly. There are many causes of splenomegaly. When you feel splenomegaly, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

What does an enlarged spleen feel like?

First of all, splenomegaly is generally accompanied by fever, general discomfort, and symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, and a hemorrhagic mucosal rash will appear after 1 to 2 days. If there is a fever, there will be severe inflammation, which will lead to an increase in the number of white blood cells and even swollen lymph nodes.

Secondly, patients with splenomegaly may have sudden high fever, chills, pain, headache, and sore limbs. They may also have cough, chest pain, and red patches and blisters on the skin, which may cause inflammation and wound infection when they rupture.

In addition to the above two situations, patients with splenomegaly will also develop red macules or papules similar to the skin in the thighs, armpits, groin and other places, and may gradually develop enlarged lymph nodes and mild splenomegaly.

Causes of Splenomegaly

1. Causes of liver enlargement

①Fatty liver;

②Hemosiderosis;

③ Liver glycogen accumulation disease;

④Wilson's disease;

⑤ Schistosoma japonicum;

⑥Liver fluke;

⑦ Toxoplasma gondii;

⑧Cytomegalovirus infection;

⑨ Rubella virus infection;

⑩Hepatitis B virus infection; congenital biliary atresia; liver tumors; Keshan disease; paragonimiasis; echinococcosis; toxic hepatitis; galactosemia; hepatic amyloidosis; portal hypertension.

2. Causes of Splenomegaly

① Cytomegalovirus infection;

② Rubella infection;

③Hepatitis B virus infection;

④Infectious mononucleosis;

⑤ Toxoplasmosis;

⑥ Schistosoma japonicum;

⑦Echinococcosis;

⑧Amyloidosis;

⑨Gaucher disease;

⑩ Galactosemia; hyperlipoproteinemia; Fanconi syndrome; hypersplenism; Banteay syndrome; mucopolysaccharidosis type I; histoplasmosis; kala-azar.

3. Common diseases

(1) Hyperlipoproteinemia type I is a rare hereditary disease characterized by hepatosplenomegaly, tension, and upper abdominal pain.

(2) Hepatic myelopathy, also known as portocaval myelopathy, is a special type of neurological complication of liver disease, manifested by fatigue, ascites, hepatosplenomegaly, ankle clonus, jaundice, poor appetite, etc.

(3) Pediatric sea-blue histiocytosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease. Symptoms include liver failure, hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice, darker skin pigmentation, etc.

(4) Erythroderma, also known as exfoliative dermatitis, is a serious systemic disease characterized by low fever, low blood pressure, hepatosplenomegaly, high fever, etc.

(5) Myelodysplastic syndrome is manifested by increased white blood cell count, epistaxis, epistaxis, fatigue, hepatosplenomegaly, etc.