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
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I am a student studying at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal Pietermaritzburg and am doing a power point presentation on Cancer. Please could I use the image on Hodgkins Disease found at the following web address: http://www.healthoma.com/…/ to illustrate the talk. The image is of a boy whereby the swollen lymph nodes may be clearly seen.
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Thank you for considering the matter.
Catherine Brown
hi cath
im workin on a dissertation on Hodgkin’s lymphoma for a bachelor of science honours degree in applied mathematics and i was wishing we could share information on this disease that we may come across. im more interested in your presentation that i think you did2yrs ago. hopin 4 yo favourable response
I am 18 and have had wierd symptoms invovling my lymphnodes throughout my life. when i was 6 they tested me for hodgkins and found that i was only missing the reed Sternberg cell. In recent years i have had painful swelling, even having one removed last year to be biopsied. Adding to a total of two removed lymphnodes. A few weeks ago when everyone in my family thought it was all finished my neck swelled and the ct scan they did showed that my nodes were the size of golfballs much like in the picture of the boy. However the antibiotics helped bring the swelling down in no time. Is this a recurring situation or could something ese possibably be wrong with me???
my xclasm8 in high school she have lymphnodes somewhere on her private part..sad to say she was now dead..according to her mother it was realy dangerous,and its aching everytime she moved her body..i just wanted to say that we need to be careful to ourself..
I had some nodes removed on 2 separate occasions, both times the results shown no cancerous cells.
Now two years past again and this time I am really worried, the back of my neck has 6 new growths, around my throught area thre are 3, on my chin there are 4 and below my chin 3.
It is as if my body is busy to pack up, my selfesteem has gone and my lust for life with it.
My question is- Is it normal to spread like this and do I need to go for biopsy procedure again?
I do suffer from a sleeping disorder and use a C-PAP machine when sleeping.
Thanx
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