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Suggest Treatment For Proteins In The Urine, Enlarged Spleen And Fatty Liver
My 21 year old son has been having diarrhea, vomiting, sweats, body aches and the doctors have ran a bunch of test and they don t know anything yet as far as what s causing it. The said he has protein in his urine, enlarged spleen, fatty liver but don t have answers for us yet. My son is miserable and can t work. Do you have any ideas of what it could be.
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Mon, 31 Oct 2016
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Hi,
An enlarged spleen is called splenomegaly and there are various causes possibly leading to this.
In first case these are infections such as mononucleosis Parasitic infections, such as toxoplasmosis or Bacterial infections.
It means that any infection in your body may lead to spleen enlargement.
Second most common causes include autoimmune diseases such as hrombocytopenia.
If this is ruled out by specific tests then some other causes may be considered and some are more or less serious such as Leukemia-Lymphoma, or some inflammatory diseases such as sarcoidosis, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis.
In every case, infectious causes are treated with antibiotics and other causes may require surgical removal of the spleen.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon
An enlarged spleen is called splenomegaly and there are various causes possibly leading to this.
In first case these are infections such as mononucleosis Parasitic infections, such as toxoplasmosis or Bacterial infections.
It means that any infection in your body may lead to spleen enlargement.
Second most common causes include autoimmune diseases such as hrombocytopenia.
If this is ruled out by specific tests then some other causes may be considered and some are more or less serious such as Leukemia-Lymphoma, or some inflammatory diseases such as sarcoidosis, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis.
In every case, infectious causes are treated with antibiotics and other causes may require surgical removal of the spleen.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon
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