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My mother who has both Hodgkin's Disease and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma first manifested the Hodgkin's Disease with a swollen lymph gland on the right side of her throat. Then, other symptoms appeared... a severe rash that turned into sores along with an uncontrollable itch all over her body; a persistent fever; drenching night sweats and unexplained weight loss.
Mind you, there can be different reasons for a swollen lymph gland. My mom's condition is just one explanation.
Hi. I just want to clarify something: how was the diagnosis of indolent non-hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) made? Was a biopsy of the nodes done? I'm assuming that a biopsy was done, because indolent non-hodgkin's lymphoma cannot be definitively diagnosed by x-ray. If your sister indeed has indolent NHL, the tumor would follow a prolonged course marked by long stretches of time wherein the tumor is seemingly "inactive" and asymptomatic.
This rather does sound like Niemann-Pick disease, but it is very rare and does not really occur in adults. It usually begins before the child is even born! Sadly, they don't usually make it into teen years. My cousin has this (8 years old) and she is dying. But they may need to do some blood tests to make sure no autoimmunity or cancers are going on. If your spleen does not retreat to normality, I think you should start to be concerned.
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so, I went to the doctor first about chest pain. This has all been checked out now (blood test & X-ray) and everything is normal. The chest pain is still there, they think it is costochondritis (inflammation of the tissue between the ribs). The weird thing is I also have sore lymph nodes in my throat, but they're not swollen. They hurt at random times, often after I drink alcohol. I've had all this for ~6 months now.
I had Hodgkin's Disease in 1990 and have been in remission ever since. In late January I had two benign lipomas removed from my back. I was not concerned about this until I started having drenching night sweats a couple weeks before the surgery. After the surgery I found a lump in my neck, that my regular doctor had missed during an examination the day before. I had a surgeon examine it in a post-op visit and he said he could not tell what it was, but not to worry.
Mediastinal lymph node enlargement, especially anterior mediastinal lymph node enlargement, is the most common x-ray manifestation of Hodgkin's disease. That does not mean that that is your diagnosis – only that it should be considered in the differential diagnosis and, perhaps most important, that Hodgkin's disease is a treatable, curable disease. Whatever the cause of the lymph node enlargement, a tissue diagnosis will be required.
It's a tough call. A year and a half ago, my then 79 year old mother had undergone 12 infusions of ABVD chemotherapy for the treatment of stage 3 Hodgkin's Disease. She barely survived that ordeal; and, as of today, she's still dealing with severe after-effects... mainly, respiratory issues i.e. asthma, bronchitis and constant chest congestion. She also feels that the chemo weakened her heart. On the upside, the Hodgkin's Disease is in remission.
Of course, there are plenty of other things that can cause severe itch. Allergies and/ or medications. But, a peculiar rash along with severe itch is, indeed, a rare symptom of Hodgkin's Disease. My mother's Hodgkin's Lymphoma initially manifested that way... along with drenching night sweats, swollen lymph glands, sudden/ unexplained weight loss and constant fatigue. However, the crushing pain that you described doesn't sound like a symptom of Hodgkin's Disease.
A positive ANA (anti nuclear antibody) can be seen with various autoimmune diseases, as well as infections, cancer, lung diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, hormonal diseases, blood diseases, skin diseases, in elderly people, or people with a family history of rheumatic disease.
The centriole/centrosome proteins are found with Raynaud's phenomenon, scleroderma, Sjögren's syndrome, limited scleroderma (CREST), and viral infection.
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Lymph nodes can become swollen from infection, inflammatory conditions, an abscess, or cancer. Other causes of enlarged lymph nodes are rare. But the most common cause of swollen lymph nodes is infection. Immune or autoimmune disorders that can cause swollen lymph nodes include rheumatoid arthritis and HIV. Cancers that can cause swollen glands include leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
I had lymphadenopathy in the abdomen with the SUV in the 8's which proved to be follicular Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. There is no way to tell for sure until a biopsy is done.
I began having diffuse myalgias last year. Being that I have had two bouts with Hodgkin's lymphoma, I went to the doctor. The Hodgkin's was back in my mediastinum although in stage I. The assumption was that the cancer was producing cytokines causing my myalgia. The myalgia went away when I started chemotherapy. About a month after finishing chemo and verifying that the cancer was gone, the myalgias returned. My doctor's were stumped.
So I've been experiencing quite a few problems for awhile now, and doctors mostly seem to dismiss it without much thought. I'm constantly sick with viruses and infections, I have constant fatigue and just an overall continual feeling of being off, as well as feeling clammy and feverish at night. About a month ago, I noticed a lymph node in my neck was enlarged (not big enough to be seen, but can be felt under the skin.
Pain in lymph nodes after drinking alcohol is a possible sign of Hodgkin's Disease. A blood test reveals VERY LITTLE. The only way to diagnose Hodgkin's Disease is by biopsy of an affected lymph node. They may initially do a fine-needle biopsy before an excisional (surgical) biopsy.
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If there is increased infection and the body cannot fight it, the WBC start going down as the pathogen start engulfing them. However, if there is no fever, it is not due to infection. Chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are the other causes. Other common causes of low WBC are flu, lupus, Hodgkin's lymphoma, some types of cancer, typhoid, malaria, tuberculosis, dengue, enlarged spleen or hyper-spleenism, and folate deficiency.
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