Did you know:
- It is possible for someone to live without a spleen, although people who have ended up losing their spleen because of an injury or disease are more prone to infection.
- When cancer is diagnosed it will need to be determined if the cancer has spread. Sometimes imaging will be done to see if there is evidence of cancer cells in the nodes, but sometimes even if there is no sign, a node biopsy is done anyways. When there is cancer in the nodes it is more serious and more aggressive treatment will be needed.
- No one has EVER had their Lymphatic System taken out, but people believe that they can live without their Lymphatic System but will get very sick instantly. People have lived without Lymph nodes and vessels and do fine without them just not the whole thing.
- Lymphocytes are white blood cells.
- The Thymus is small at childhood but decreases during teen years. No one knows why.
- It is an important part of your body
- If you feel sick and have a painful lump in the neck, under your arm, or along your leg, there is a good chance that the lymphatic system is trying to fight off what is making you sick.
- The largest organ within the lymphatic system is the spleen, which is located on the left side of the body most people, right above the kidney.
