Friday, January 14, 2011

Everything you should know about non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

NHL is a malignant tumor that comes from the lymphatic system.

Give a brief introduction on the lymphatic system:

It consists of Lymphoid organs (such as bone marrow, lymph nodes, thymus) and lymph vessels. When a malignant tumour of lymphatic system, called lymphoma.

What are the causes of the NHL?

The cause is unknown, but it has been linked to certain viruses and toxins such as benzene and pesticides.

Now let's look at a simplified overview of the mechanism of this form of cancer talk.

This form of cancer causes lots of abnormal lymphocyte production. A normal lymphocytes has life but not abnormal. These cells continue to grow and divide that they cause the lymph congestion. As a result, the lymph get expanded.

Symptoms include:

-Painless swollen nodes (typically of cervical or supraclavicular lymph nodes).
-Systemic symptoms such as fever, night sweats and weight loss.
-Abdominal pain or swelling.

What are the risk factors?

Persons who are old age or immunosuppressive medications or to insecticides at higher risk to develop non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is classified under "Development work" in:

-Lymphoma low-grade
-Intermediate grade Lymphoma
-Lymphoma high-grade

Treatment relies on the histological results. In General, it may include a radiotherapy, chemotherapy, total irradiation of the neck. In addition, there is a stem cell transplantation. There are medications that may increase the body's ability to eliminate cancer cells.

Please read this article. We hope you y benefited. Please spread the symptoms because its impact is on the rise worldwide.

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