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What is the function of spleen? Cause for its growth or expansion? And Remedies through food and medical prescriptions.
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The spleen is a storage for blood cells... The cause of enlargement is infection... Like malaria..
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The spleen plays multiple supporting roles in the body. It acts as a filter for blood as part of the immune system. Old red blood cells are recycled in the spleen, and platelets and white blood cells are stored there. The spleen also helps fight certain kinds of bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis. Infection causes its expansion
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