LYMPHOMA
Disease information
LYMPHOMA
Linfoma.
Malignant tumor of the lymphatic cells.
Affected parts.
He is commonest than the
Disease
of
Hodgkin
.
Age Affects all the ages,
but
it is commonest in men in the group of forty.
Causes.
Strangers, although the investigations aim at that in some cases the leading factor can be an
infection
by virus.
Also they are more frequent after the successful treatment of
a
Leukemia
.
Signs and symptoms.
Swollen, painless lymphatic glands, I pretend in any place of the body, although more commonly in the armpits, the neck or ingles.
Loss of
weight
.
General malaise.
Anemia
.
Digestive hemorrhage.
Ictericia (
yellow
skin and eyes)
Factors of risk.
Men of more than 40 years.
Survivors of
a
Leukemia
.
Prevention.
Preventive measures do not exist.
Diagnosis and treatment.
DIAGNOSIS:
File and physical examination by
a
doctor
.
Analysis of blood and the
spinal
marrow.
Linfoangiograma.
Biopsy of the lymphatic node.
X - rayses,
T
.
A
.
C
. or R. M. N. of the different parts from the body that can be affected.
Sometimes
a
"exploratory laparoscopia" is made, to estadiar the
disease
suitably, although it is less important that in the Linfoma de
Hodgkin
.
TREATMENT:
General measures.
Try to stay optimistic in referring to the treatment and the its possibilities of treatment.
A
good mental disposition is
a
powerful ally.
Medication.
His
doctor
can prescribe anticancerous drugs.
Perhaps the medication causes indirect effect or adverse reactions in some people.
Some new symptoms can be caused by medicines, the
original
disease
or
a
new
disease
.
The indirect effect by medicines usually disappear when its body adjusts to the drug or when this one is interrupted.
Activity
.
As active Manténgase as their forces allows.
Diet.
There is no
a
special diet.
Warn its medico if.
It happens the following thing during the treatment:
Fever.
Signs of
infection
(reddening, swelling, pain or sensitivity) anywhere of the body.
Swelling of feet and ankles.
Annoyances when tinkling or diminution of tinkle it in 1 day.
It thinks that the medicines are causing him symptoms.
Complications.
Extension of linfoma to other parts of the body, which can cause:
Renal insufficiency.
Intestinal
Malabsorción.
Circulatory
problems
.
Prognosis.
Usually it can deal with x - ray and anticancerous drugs.
If it is cured, the life expectancy is
normal
.
The treatment possibilities vary according to the type of cells that appear in the biopsy of the lymphatic node and the importance and extension of the
disease
when doing the diagnosis.
Consult its
doctor
.
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