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Symptoms
By Mayo Clinic staff
Hodgkin's lymphoma signs and symptoms may include:
- Painless swelling of lymph nodes in your neck, armpits or groin
- Persistent fatigue
- Fever and chills
- Night sweats
- Unexplained weight loss — as much as 10 percent or more of your body weight
- Coughing, trouble breathing or chest pain
- Loss of appetite
- Itching
- Increased sensitivity to the effects of alcohol or pain in your lymph nodes after drinking alcohol
When to see a doctor
These symptoms could be caused by numerous other conditions. But you should see a doctor for diagnosis if:
- You experience symptoms for more than two weeks.
- Your symptoms repeatedly go away and then return.
References
- What you need to know about Hodgkin lymphoma. National Cancer Institute. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/hodgkin/allpages. Accessed June 4, 2009.
- Overview: Hodgkin disease. American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?dt=84. Accessed June 4, 2009.
- Gottschalk SM, et al. Overview of Hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed June 4, 2009.
- Mauch PM. Clinical presentation and patterns of disease distribution on Hodgkin lymphoma in adults. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed June 4, 2009.
- Horwitz S, et al. Treatment of advanced stage (stage III-IV) Hodgkin lymphoma. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed June 4, 2009.
- Bartlett, NL. Modern treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma. Current Opinion in Hematology. 2008;15:408.
- General information about adult Hodgkin lymphoma. National Cancer Institute. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adulthodgkins/Patient. Accessed June 7, 2009.
- Ng AK, et al. Late effects of Hodgkin's disease and its treatment. The Cancer Journal. 2009;15:164.
- Complementary and alternative therapies. American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/ETO_5.asp?sitearea=ETO. Accessed June 7, 2009.
- Stages of adult Hodgkin lymphoma. National Cancer Institute. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adulthodgkins/Patient/page2. Accessed June 7, 2009.
- Ansell SM (expert opinion.) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. June 12, 2009.
