What is lymphoma?
As a hematologic tumor, there are more than 70 known pathological types of lymphoma. The incidence of lymphoma in China has been increasing year by year in recent years, and there is a trend of younger age.
The human lymphatic system is like the “Great Wall of Defense” protecting the human body. Lymphoma is the defection and mutiny of the “guards” (cells) on the Great Wall, so that foreign bacteria and viruses can enter directly and the consequences can be imagined. In recent years, the center of gravity of lymphoma is shifting to young people, and one of the major reasons is excessive mental stress.
Currently, the treatment of lymphoma includes chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted drugs such as “biological missiles”, which have improved the survival rate of lymphoma. For the more common diffuse large B lymphoma, the cure rate can basically reach about 50%. Using a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy can lead to long-term survival or even cure.
What exactly is lymphoma related to?
Many people on the Internet are speculating about the reasons for Lee Kai-Fu’s illness. One netizen directly listed a few of them.
1, work pressure, all day on the computer.
2, lack of physical exercise. Everything has brokers and assistants to take care of, rarely run their own errands.
3, lack of sleep.
4, rich, so eat a mountain of seafood, but eat more than the body is not good. Socialize a lot, drinking needless to say.
5, 24 hours a day in the summer blowing air conditioning, sweat can not get out. Is it these reasons or not?
At present, the cause of lymphoma is not yet completely clear, the pathogenesis is not particularly clear, may be related to genetics, immune function is low or disorder, viral infection. When asked whether the long hours of indoor work, which may be affected by pollution and electronic radiation from computers, are also the reasons for the high incidence of lymphoma, Wu said that environmental pollution is related, but low immune function is the “basis” for almost all tumors.
A large number of surveys have shown that frequent use of chemical hair dyes for hair coloring may cause lowered immunity and lymphoma; the United States reported earlier that the incidence of lymphoma among farmers in the Midwest was several times higher than normal due to the use of insecticides and pesticides.
In addition, a survey done by the Cancer Hospital of Peking University showed that the rate of lymphoma in people infected with hepatitis B virus was 30 times higher than that in the general population. People infected with H. pylori also have a higher rate of lymphoma than the general population.
What are the early signs of lymphoma?
1. The earlier lymphoma is diagnosed and treated, the greater the hope of cure. The following points are summarized.
2.Fever: The degree of fever in lymphoma varies, it can be continuous high fever or intermittent low fever. If fever, sweating, cough and other cold-like symptoms occur more than twice in a month, and the body temperature is mostly above 38℃ when fever is measured, lymphoma should be considered for screening first.
3.Itchy skin: This is a more specific symptom of early lymphoma.
4.Alcoholic pain: Some patients experience pain in lymph nodes or bones locally after drinking alcohol, and its symptoms are earlier than other symptoms and X-ray manifestations, which has certain diagnostic significance.
5, gastrointestinal tract: malignant lymphatic lesions in lymphatic tissue outside the lymph nodes are most often seen in the gastrointestinal tract, with clinical manifestations such as loss of appetite, abdominal pain and diarrhea, intestinal obstruction and bleeding.
6. Skeletal pain: The thoracolumbar spine is most often involved, followed by the femur, ribs, pelvis and skull, manifesting as local skeletal pain, pain on pressure, pathological fracture, bone tumor and secondary nerve compression.
Reminder, there are no obvious symptoms in the early stage of lymphoma, so try to receive regular comprehensive medical examination if possible.