What are the early symptoms and causes of cervical lymphoma

What are the early symptoms of cervical lymphoma? What are the causes?

Early symptoms of cervical lymphoma include:

1. Local manifestations of cervical lymph node cancer Lymph node enlargement: including superficial lymph nodes and deep lymph nodes. It is characterized by progressive, painless, hard and can promote swelling of lymph nodes. They can fuse in the early stages. Anti-inflammatory and anti-tuberculosis treatments are ineffective. Superficial lymph nodes are common in the neck, followed by the axilla and abdominal groove. Deep ones are common in the mediastinum and beside the abdominal aorta. Lymph node enlargement causes local compression symptoms: mainly refers to deep lymph nodes, such as enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes, which compress the esophagus and cause dysphagia; compress the superior vena cava to cause superior vena cava syndrome; compress the trachea to cause cough, chest tightness, dyspnea and cyanosis.

2. Systemic symptoms of cervical lymphoma 1 Fever: Irregular fever, 3839C during which some patients may have continuous high fever or intermittent low fever, and a few patients have periodic fever. 2 Weight loss: Most patients lose weight, with a weight loss of more than 10% within 6 months. 3 Night sweats: Sweating at night or after sleeping.

The causes of cervical lymphoma include infection, tumors, etc. Infectious factors: Bacterial-teeth, tonsils, facial or scalp bacterial infection, tuberculosis, syphilis, cat scratch disease, Lyme disease; Viral-herpetic stomatitis, infectious mononucleosis, HIV infection; Parasitic-toxoplasmosis; Unknown causes: mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, subacute necrotizing lymphadenitis.

Tumor factors: primary - Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, white blood cells, especially lymphocytic leukemia; secondary - cancer, malignant melanoma, Ewing sarcoma and other mesenchymal tumors.

Other factors: sarcoidosis, sinus histiocytosis, angiofollicular hyperplasia.