Cancer lymph nodes: symptoms, causes, development and treatment

The immune system is a natural defense mechanism of the body, which protects against many infections and diseases. This system consists of bone marrow lymph nodes, thymus and spleen, which are connected to each other through a network of vessels called the lymphatic system.

Lymphatic drainage is a liquid consisting of lymphocytes (white blood cells), which is transported to all parts of the body via lymphatic vessels. Sometimes white blood cells, usually behave in a kind and lend themselves to uncontrolled proliferation. This can lead to cancer of the lymph nodes or lymphoma.

Cancer of the lymph nodes is malignant cancer that manifests enlarged lymph nodes nodes.

Causes of lymphoma

Cancer of the lymph nodes most commonly found in men than in women. The main peak of the age when the cancer can affect the lymphatic system, falls in the interval from 20 to 30 years. If a woman is first pregnant at the age of 35 years and older, the risk of this cancer increases several times.

According to specialists, lymphoma mostly affects people with fair skin. The Negroid and Mongoloid races have a low risk of morbidity.

Lymphoma are divided into two groups:

I. Hodgkin's lymphoma, which accounts for 30% of morbidity.

II. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma to 70% morbidity.

The symptoms of both these diseases are more or less similar.

The main factors of disease development:

• Genetic heredity.
• HIV infection.
• Viral infection Epstein Bar.
• The impact of carcinogenic substances on the human body.
• A weakened immune system.

If you have identified from the above list of risk factors of cancer of the lymph nodes, now need to see a specialist.

How to identify the disease?

Most often, cancer affects the lymph nodes located in your groin, neck and armpit. In order to go to the hospital, you need to know the main symptoms that give early signals of danger.

The Signs Of Hodgkin's Lymphoma:

1. Swelling in the lymph nodes;

2. Pain;

3. Temperature rise;

4. Fever;

5. Gastrointestinal problems;

6. Decreased cognitive abilities;

7. Loss of consciousness;

8. Reduction of body weight;

9. Itching and sores;

10. Redness of the skin;

11. Shortness of breath.

In contrast to this group of diseases non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is painless, but the initial localization of cancer can appear in other tissues or organs.

Cancer treatment lymph nodes

Before you start treatment, the doctor will suggest the patient to undergo a comprehensive diagnosis, which includes:

• x-ray abdomen;
• chest x-ray;
• blood tests;
• biopsy;
• MRI and CT scan.

Treatment depends on the stage of the cancer. In the initial stages, some medicines can be prescribed to dissolve the formed seals. At later stages, a patient may need to undergo chemotherapy and radiation. These methods are capable of destroying individual cancer cells and stop tumor growth.

Depending on the location of the affected lymph node, the doctor may use a surgical method, which involves removal of the tumor.

Regular medical examination is recommended to those people who have a predisposition to cancer development cancer of the lymph nodes to reducethe likelihood of Contracting this deadly disease.