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As with almost everyone who survives, note the missing spleen
by psergeant 9y ago
As with almost everyone who survives, note the missing spleen
- gear54rus 9y agoWhat is this referring to?
- ekianjo 9y ago> If your spleen has ruptured, you may need a splenectomy immediately because of life-threatening internal bleeding. A rupture may be caused by a physical injury, such as being hit by a car, or by an enlargement of your spleen. https://www.healthline.com/health/spleen-removal https://www.healthline.com/health/spleen-removal
- maxerickson 9y agoA ruptured spleen causes internal bleeding. It's one of the more likely traumatic injuries to the abdomen. If you have had it removed, internal bleeding is less likely.
- imron 9y agoThe article mentions that if he had a spleen it would have ruptured from the fall and he would have bleed to death.
- sergiotapia 9y agoThe proverbial spleen. Every "survivor" had this extraordinary luck that happened to position them just the right way to come out on top.
- epigramx 9y agoThat sounds extremely confident. I can google that it's a common area of internal bleeding but what is the exact likelihood in that particular instance?