Lymphoma. Symptoms, problems, explanations ...

The person had a flu or severe form of angina, lost weight, weakened, his sleep was disturbed, enlarged lymph nodes on the neck and behind the ears, the body temperature periodically increased to subfebrile. All this is lymphoma, the symptoms of which are described above. But this does not absolutely mean that all patients with such complaints should make a puncture of enlarged lymph nodes. After a banal flu or sore throat with a properly performed rehabilitation, the patient's appetite rises, he sleeps peacefully at night, because the lymph nodes begin to disappear. But if the entire clinical picture persists and even intensifies within a month or more, then for peace of mind it is better to go to the oncology center and hand over all the necessary tests.

So, if you have lymphoma, the symptoms are as follows: painless enlargement of the lymph nodes in the neck, in the armpits, in other areas, depending on the localization of the process. With enlarged lymph nodes in the groin, there may be swelling of the legs. Such lymph nodes can cause flatulence, back pain and abdominal pain. Progressive weight loss, pronounced night sweats, fever in the absence of infection, cough, itchy skin, severe fatigue and weakness, sometimes after drinking alcohol - pain in the lymph nodes - all these are symptoms of lymphoma.

So what is lymphoma? This term unites about three dozen different malignant diseases, predicted by the prognosis, the course and clinical manifestations.

There are two main types of this disease: Hodgkin's lymphoma or lymphogranulomotosis and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Until now, the exact causes of this disease have not been established. It is known that lymphomas are not a contagious disease. So, if someone has lymphoma, the symptoms of which have not yet manifested, he is not particularly dangerous to others. But there are certain groups of risk, in which the possibility of developing this state is quite large. These are people with autoimmune diseases. These are those whose relatives are ill or have lymphomas. To whom the transplantation was carried out. Who works with chemicals. In people infected with the T-lymphotropic virus, SPID virus, hepatitis virus, Epstein-Barr virus, infected with bacteria (Helicobacter pylori), lymphoma is also likely.

The following risk factors contribute to the development of lymphomas: chemical carcinogens, ionizing radiation. The virus can also provoke cell degeneration, improper and rapid growth.

Hodgkin's lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease is a dangerous, malignant disease of the entire system of lymph nodes. And it was named after Hodgkin, who opened it in 1832. Hodgkin's lymphoma is affected at any age, and men are more likely than women.

Nekhodzhinskaya lymphoma, in addition to localized in the ovaries forms, refers to sluggish lymphomas. By localization are divided into associated with mucous or maltomas. This location in the lungs, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, genitals, kidneys and urinary tract.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in our country are called lymphosarcomas.

A person was diagnosed with lymphoma. Symptoms are such that their list also includes a chromosomal set of cells. In recent years, there has been an increase in non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in HIV-infected or AIDS patients. Lymphoma of the lungs also became more common.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are divided into a large number of subspecies. They are different in clinical manifestations, histology, methods of treatment. Some types of lymphomas do not require any treatment for a long time, develop slowly and favorably.

In general, the previously untreatable condition can now be cured, if not permanently, then to persistent remission. This can only help timely and full diagnosis, as well as the right treatment.