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enlarged spleen

I had a seizure which landed me in the hospital it was due to stress lack of sleep and coming off xanax. I went to the dr, they suggested when I got out and the 3rd time I saw him he was poking around my stomach and both him and his intern said my spleen was enlarged. I don't have insurance and that is another story and he wanted to do tests. Also my white blood cell count was a little bit high. I have been very tired and after reading about enlarged spleens it says the only way a dr can tell if it is enlarged is by doing it with his hand is if the patient is very slender and I haven't been called that in decades. I am 59. I am also worried I may have cancer. I know I need to get more tests done but I don't have the money because I am in an estate fight with my sister and she says she has gold coins and stuff and she is not going to give them to me. She has addiction problems and had her license revoked for 10 years and was involved in my brothers death. She even asked me to say she was in Miami when my brother died but she was in the same place he was. Mia in Miami
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1081992 tn?1389903637
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Mia, there is an idea that people who are left-handed or ambidextrous are more likely to have epilepsy.
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thank you for that information that answers things I wanted to know.

Mia in Miami
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Thanks for that spleen information. I was thinking if he could feel it it must be real enlarged. The dr. asked if I ever had stomach surgery and I was concerned with that. Also when I had a seizure and went to the er the dr there asked if I was left handed and I wasn't sure what to answer because I was born left handed then for to change to my right hand. Next time I will ask them why they ask certain things. I don't do well half naked in front of strangers asking me questions. lol  Thanks again Mia in Miami
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1081992 tn?1389903637
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"it says the only way a dr can tell if it is enlarged is by doing it with his hand is if the patient is very slender"

Hi, I believe that if you go back to where you were reading, you'll see that it says that a doc can only feel a *normal* size spleen in a lean person;  but if it swells to 2 or 3 times in size, it can be felt in anybody.

It would be less likely that a cancer caused your enlarged spleen. Other causes, such as an infection, would be more likely.

Good luck to you.

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