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Hodgkin
Hodgkin
Hodgkin
Symptoms
Persistent fatigue
Night sweats
Loss of appetite
Itching
Increased sensitivity to the effects of alcohol or pain in your lymph nodes after
drinking alcohol
Causes
Types
Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma
common
Subtypes
Risk factors
f hx of lymphoma.
sex. Males
Physical exam. swollen lymph nodes, including in your neck, underarm and
groin, spleno/hepatomegaly
Blood tests.
Stage I. The cancer is limited to one lymph node region or a single organ.
Stage II. two lymph node regions or the cancer has invaded one organ and the
nearby lymph nodes. But the cancer is still limited to a section of the body either
above or below the diaphragm.
Stage III. When the cancer moves to lymph nodes both above and below the
diaphragm ; one portion of tissue or an organ near the lymph node groups or in the
spleen.
Stage IV. in several portions of one or more organs and tissues. Affects other
parts of your body, such as the liver, lungs or bones.
Categories:
Complications
Pancytopenia (deficiency of all three cellular components of the blood (red
cells, white cells, and platelets)
Nausea
infection
Treatments
Chemotherapy (se: nausea and hair loss; complications: heart damage, lung
damage, fertility problems and other cancers, such as leukemia. )
Radiation (skin redness and hair loss, fatigue during; heart disease, stroke, thyroid
problems, infertility and other forms of cancer, such as breast or lung cancer)