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Esplenomegalia - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

Agrandamiento del bazo; Bazo agrandado

Cuidados en el hogar:

La reducción apropiada de la actividad, incluyendo el hecho de evitar deportes de contacto, ayudará a prevenir el trauma que podría causar ruptura del bazo.

Se requiere atención para la afección específica que causa la esplenomegalia. Siga las indicaciones dadas por el médico con relación a los cuidados apropiados.

Se debe llamar al médico si:

Aunque por lo regular no hay síntomas a raíz de un agrandamiento del bazo, usted puede experimentar dolor en la sección superior izquierda del abdomen. Usted debe buscar atención médica de inmediato si este dolor es intenso o si empeora cuando respira profundamente.

Lo que se puede esperar en el consultorio médico:

El médico hará una serie de preguntas para determinar si usted tiene síntomas ya sea de agrandamiento del bazo o de la causa subyacente del agrandamiento de dicho órgano, como fiebre o signos de una enfermedad infecciosa.

El médico igualmente llevará a cabo un examen completo del abdomen. Para verificar la presencia de agrandamiento del bazo, dará golpecitos (percusiones) a lo largo del cuadrante superior izquierdo del abdomen y tocará (palpará) en la misma área, en especial justo bajo la parrilla costal.

Algunos de los exámenes diagnósticos que se pueden requerir son:

  • Reviewed last on: 2/9/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Armitage J. Approach to the patient with lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 174.

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