Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Its Symptoms

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I was listening to the radio last evening and a program cased me to link to a website from all the pages of the www.healthoma.com. The program was performed by a young man, Tooraj, who is suffering from Hodgkin’s disease. He is waiting for the bone marrow transplant but the suitable donor has not been found yet.

With the help of his brother, Tooraj has launched a website, www.CancerDiscussion.com, and on this website he tries to help people who suffer from different kinds of cancers or people who one of their loved ones is involved in cancer.

What Is Hodgkin’s Lymphoma or Hodgkin’s Disease?

There are two kinds of lymphomas: non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Lymphoma is the cancer of lymph system cells. Lymph system cells are the cells that are responsible for protecting the body against germs. Lymph system cells for our body are like the soldiers of a country. They defend our body against pathogenic factors like bacteria, viruses, parasites and … .

Lymph system has several different kinds of cells that each of them has a different function. In lymphoma, some of these cells or all of them lose their control and start multiplying, multiplying and multiplying.

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is common in younger people and the average age for it is 27.7 whereas non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas average age is 67.

What Are Hodgkin’s Disease Symptoms?

• Non painful swelling lymph nodes.
• General fatigue and lack of energy
• Sudden weight loss sometimes over 10%
• Unstable fever that can be accompanied by chills for more than one week
• Night sweats
• Itching without any rush or cause that can be seen on the skin. Some people may see some rushes or lesions on the skin but it is not common.
• Some people may have lower back pain
• Some people will have painful lymph node after alcohol consumption.

Reed Sternberg cells in Hodgkin’s Lymphomas