This organ is found on the left side of your body, below your rib cage.
It's responsible for:
filtering antibody-coated bacteria
reprocessing old red blood cells
recycling iron in hemoglobin
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Other potential causes of an enlarged spleen include:
malaria
Hodgkin's disease
leukemia
heart failure
cirrhosis
tumors in the spleen or from other organs that have spread to the spleen
viral, bacterial, or parasitic infections
inflammatory diseases, such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis
sickle cell disease
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