or can you even live?
2007-06-24 16:26:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Yes, you can get drunk w/o a spleen
yes, you can live w/o a spleen
It's a liver you can't live w/o!
The spleen is one of those organs we can do without if we have to... other organs/systems take over it's job
2007-06-24 16:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol is metabolized by liver. Spleen is just an organ to filter out blood. It has nothing to do with alcohol metabolism or getting drunk.
What makes you drunk is the alcohol itself. So, you can get drunk with or without spleen. As a matter of fact, you can get drunk after drinking alcohol, regardless of what organ you have or have not, maybe with the exception of brain. I guess you can't get drunk if you don't have a brain. :P
2007-06-24 16:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since the spleen acts as a filter to the liver it best to consume alcohol only in moderation. I have had mine removed (ruptured) 28 years ago and for the most part have lived normally. I do drink but not excessively or daily. When I did for a short time in my life it made me feel like crap and I decided I love life and don't want to destroy mine. I was given a second chance,
2016-01-21 10:36:13 · answer #3 · answered by 79blizzard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lost my spleen in car accident when I was 16 years old and I am now 48. So ya you can live without one, and I get drunk on my birthday and wedding anniversary sometimes so ya you can still get drunk too.
2007-06-24 16:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by herr_mungus 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ouch! I think I hurt my pancreas! If I didn't have a spleen I probably wouldn't drink so much.
2007-06-24 16:36:44 · answer #5 · answered by Motikem 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does a spleen actually do anything???
2007-06-24 16:30:48 · answer #6 · answered by Seth F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can live w/o a spleen.
2007-06-24 16:33:33 · answer #7 · answered by mzepos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋