What are the early symptoms of lymphoma and how to treat it

Cancer has become a serious disease that endangers human health. People often talk about cancer with fear, which is normal because the mortality rate of cancer is indeed very high, and the same is true for lymphoma. So what are the early symptoms of lymphoma? How to treat it?

Lymphoma is a malignant tumor originating from the lymphatic hematopoietic system, with the main manifestations of painless lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. All tissues and organs in the body may be affected, accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever, night sweats, weight loss, and itching.

Early local manifestations include superficial and deep lymph node enlargement, which are mostly painless, smooth in surface, movable, tough, full and uniform in texture. In the early stage, they are active, isolated or scattered in the neck, armpits, groin, etc. In the late stage, they fuse with each other, adhere to the skin, become immobile, or form ulcers.

Pharyngeal lymphatic ring lesions The mucosa and submucosa of the oropharynx, tongue base, tonsils and nasopharynx are rich in lymphoid tissue, forming the pharyngeal lymphatic ring, also known as the Waldeyer ring, which is a common site for malignant lymphoma; nasal lesions The vast majority of primary nasal lymphomas are NHL, and the main pathological types include nasal NK/T cell lymphoma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma; chest lesions The mediastinal lymph nodes are a common site for malignant lymphoma, which are more common in primary mediastinal diffuse large B cell lymphoma and precursor T cell lymphoma in HL and NHL.

Surgery is now commonly used to treat lymphoma:

In patients with intranodal lymphoma, surgery is mainly used for biopsy and pathology or for staging of partial abdominal exploration. For extranodal lymphoma originating in the brain, spinal cord, orbit, salivary gland, thyroid, lung, liver, spleen, etc., surgical resection is often performed first, followed by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. Lymphoma originating in the kidney, bladder, testicle, ovary, uterus, skin, breast, etc. should be surgically resected at an early stage, followed by chemotherapy or radiotherapy after surgery.