Analysis Of Hodgkin's Disease

The disease that I chose is Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NLPHL), a type of cancer, but specifically a type of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I have chosen this because a year ago I was battling it. One day I was a normal teenager and the next, I was getting to know the Hematology Oncology clinic that I’d be spending a numerous amount of days in.

Cancer it is a rapid growth of abnormal cells. There is two types of cancers malignant and benign tumor. A tumor is an abnormal mass of cells that grows and divides at a very rapid pace providing no benefit to the body. The difference between them is the malignant is when the tumor affects the functioning of surrounding cells and is the cancerous type of tumor. However a benign tumor is when it does not affect the surrounding cells and tissues and is not the cancerous one. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is a cancer which begin in the cells called lymphocytes and they are located near the cells. The name Hodgkin came from a doctor named Dr. Thomas Hodgkin when was the first person to successfully described the Lymphoma cancer.

In the paediatric population, sporadic Burkitt lymphoma usually has an abdominal presentation with massive disease and ascites, involving distal ileum, stomach, cecum and/or mesentery, kidney, testis/ovary and breast, plus bone marrow and/or central nervous system.

Stage 1 Hodgkin’s disease affects a single lymph node or lymph node region. The lymph nodes most commonly affected are the nodes in the neck, armpits or groin.

A 20-year-old female presents to her primary care physician’s office complaining of a lump on the left side of her neck. She first noticed the lump when taking a shower 6 months ago and has been “keeping an eye on it” ever since. The patient states that it is gradually increasing in size and is painless. She has no other medical problems to her knowledge and has been healthy her whole life. Her vital signs are within normal limits, and physical examination shows a solid, nontender mass on the left side of her neck. The mass measures about an inch in diameter. A biopsy is performed and shows the following:

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, also known as Hodgkin’s disease, is a cancer that effects part of the immune system. The lymphatic system is knots of tissue. Lymph nodes work as tiny filters, straining out foreign organisms and cells. The lymphatic system provides important white blood cells called lymphocytes. The body has a reaction to infection that may cause lymph nodes to swell and get tender As Hodgkin’s Lymphoma progresses it makes it more difficult for the body to fight infection. Lymphoma occurs when the lymph node cells begin to multiply uncontrollably; this can lead to producing malignant cells that have the ability to invade other tissues throughout the body. It is common in two different age groups 15-35 and older adults over age 50. It is slightly more common in males, and Caucasians. There has been some progress in treating Hodgkin’s lymphoma, most people with this diagnosis will be long term survivors.

There are many factors that facilitate in recognizing health-related symptoms. The book mentions, “when attention is directed toward the body, as by stress, neuroticism, or cues that suggest illness, symptoms are more likely to be detected” (Intro to Health Behaviors, pg.158). For example, they had an example about a guy who goes to the emergency room with his whole family for a sore throat. So, the doctors were wondering why this young man will bring his whole family to cure a sore throat. They come to find out that this young mans brother was diagnosed with hodgkins disease and the first symptom his brother had was a sore throat. Afountenly, his brother did not make it because his family decided to ignore the sore throat thinking that it

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is a cancer that runs through the lymphatic system of the body. There are four stages: stages one and two being completely treated very easily, and stages three and four are the most crucial and are sometimes not treated. Statically this cancer occurs under the age of thirty five. My mother found out on her thirty fifth birthday.

Four years ago my family came across a cancer that has made our lives a rollercoaster. My sister was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system. She put in all she had to fight this monster of a disease, but unfortunately at age 46, she has lost the battle and is on comfort measures through a hospice. This being said, has made me want to know everything I can about Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and given this great opportunity to write a research paper on this disease, gives me the time to be educated on it.

The 27 year old female patient was promptly investigated and the diagnosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma was timely. Based on the complete work up, diagnosis and results, the patient’s final diagnosis was that she was affected by classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma, nodular sclerosis, in stage IV-A (advanced stage), which is based on the Ann Arbor classification which is used for the staging of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In conclusion, this case report is subjective but symbolic because it stresses the importance of early diagnosis, staging and risk assessment of Hodgkin’s disease in primary care settings and internal medicine in order to improve the survival rate of patients. (Bolognesi, M. Bolognesi, D and Pasini, G, 2015)

Radiation therapy is the use special machines to convey high-energy rays that damage cancer cells and stop them from growing. The radiation can be directed to a specific area of the body or the whole body. Some side effects that come from the therapy are fatigue, hair loss, nausea, or red, dry, itchy skin.

Hodgkin Lymphoma is a form of cancer that attacks its victims indiscriminately. Hodgkin disease (Hodgkin lymphoma) is a type of lymphoma, a cancer that starts in white blood cells called lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are part of the immune system ("What is Hodgkin disease?”,2016). Hodgkin Lymphoma is an area in the cancer world where we have made great strides overall in terms of success. We have the highest rate of success in curing Hodgkin Lymphoma vs. other cancers. Although the disease in question acts indiscriminately, the treatment for it does not and is the cause of lower outcomes among certain groups. The outcome for poor Black and Hispanic people is much lower than their Caucasian counterparts (Dallas, 2016)

Radiation therapy can be used anywhere in the body to treat any kind of cancer. Depending on what type of radiation therapy, it can have some side effects. The most common ones include fatigue, hair loss near the treated area, and skin darkening in the area exposed to a beam of radiation. ("Radiation Therapy for Cancer,” 1) There are also safety concerns that patients have when they are treated with radiation therapy. Many people that receive radiation therapy treatment, worry about exposing family and love ones to radiation, as well as the side effects. Radiation effects on the normal tissues are divided into acute and chronic effects (Schreiber). Acute effects occur during the course of therapy and during the post therapy period (approximately 2-3 weeks after the completion of a course of irradiation) (Schreiber).

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia is a scary disease. The term “acute” means the disease can quickly spread and progress quickly and can prove fatal in months if left untreated. “Lymphocytic” simply means that it develops from immature forms of lymphocytes. Also known as Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, or ALL for short, it is a type of cancer that starts from the early form of white blood cells called lymphocytes in the bone marrow. ALL is the most common form of cancer in children, though adults can get it as well. For children, treatment results in a good chance of a cure. Adults have a significantly smaller chance of a cure with ALL. ALL generally invades the blood very quickly and has the potential to spread to other body parts such as the spleen,

There are two kinds of patients; first kind of patients has no targeted therapy that have to undergo standard chemotherapy and radiation therapy which contain several negative side effects including fatigue, nausea and hair loss respectively, where the cancer prevents