Hi there I am looking for any advise that
I can get about Hodgkins disease and the
symptoms that can be had. I have had a
lump in the LHS of my neck for about three
years. It is located in the posterior
cervical region.
During this time I have lost weight
without trying over 10kg, I have had night
sweats but only every few months, I am
constantly fatiged so tired, I feel
nauseus in the afternoon and sometimes all
night, I have recently developed lumps in
my ankles and one on my spine, I have a
rash on my left knee that will not go
away, dry skin, I have occasional
dizziness and have a muffled feeling to my
hearing in my left ear recently. My joints
are sore and I have a sort of aching in my
bones.
I have tested positive for epstein barr
antigens so I have had it at some stage. I
have a constant feeling of pressure in my
neck and sometimes get pain and bloating
in my abdomen.
I have a family history of leukamia, mums
brother and sister.
Other history in family includes diabetes
and enlarged hearts.
Please help I feel really unwell and cant
seem to get a Dr here to take me
seriously.
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Re: Hodgkins Lymphoma?? Posted: 08-21-07 05:26am
unwell mum
wrote:
Hi there I am looking for
any advise that I can get about Hodgkins
disease and the symptoms that can be had.
I have had a lump in the LHS of my neck
for about three years. It is located in
the posterior cervical region.
During this time I have lost weight
without trying over 10kg, I have had night
sweats but only every few months, I am
constantly fatiged so tired, I feel
nauseus in the afternoon and sometimes all
night, I have recently developed lumps in
my ankles and one on my spine, I have a
rash on my left knee that will not go
away, dry skin, I have occasional
dizziness and have a muffled feeling to my
hearing in my left ear recently. My joints
are sore and I have a sort of aching in my
bones.
I have tested positive for epstein barr
antigens so I have had it at some stage. I
have a constant feeling of pressure in my
neck and sometimes get pain and bloating
in my abdomen.
I have a family history of leukamia, mums
brother and sister.
Other history in family includes diabetes
and enlarged hearts.
Please help I feel really unwell and cant
seem to get a Dr here to take me
seriously.
The first thing you've notice is a swollen
node in your neck and that's very common
for Hodgkins disease. This is a malignant
disease that affects lymphatic tissue,
presented in many parts of the body,
causing enlarged and painless nodes.
Hodgkin's disease can start almost
anywhere, but most often starts in lymph
nodes in the upper part of the body(neck,
chest, armpit) Enlarged lymph nodes can
then cause pressure on important
structures. It can spread through the
lymphatic vessels to other lymph
nodes(groin, abdomen.) This is the major
way it spreads. If it gets into the
blood vessels and spread, the
liver,spleen, lungs and bone marrow will
be affected too. Other symptoms are:
fever, night sweats, itchy skin, weight
loss, fatigue. Ask your doctor to refere
you to a specialist (oncologyst or
hemathologyst) Treatment depends on the
extend of the disease and includes
surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and
combination of these. The majority of
cases (85%) are cured.
