What disease is hodgkin's disease?

Answer 1

A disease characterized by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver and by progressive anemia.
Hodgkin's Disease is also called Hodgkin's Lymphoma. It's a blood Cancer affecting the Lymphatic system. The major distinguishing factor is having cells called Reed Sternberg cells. They are large, misshapen, and have more than one nucleus.

The symptoms are swelling in the lymph nodes, fatigue, night sweats, and unintentional weight loss.

It's usually treated with ABVD (a kind of Chemo). Depending on the stage, radiation may be needed as well.

Answer 2

Hodgkin's disease lymphoma is a cancer that develops in your lymphnoids like the neck, chest, abdomen, pits and etc. it is a kind of slow cancer but after its been there for a while its starts spreading a little faster. The identifications to see if u have hodgkins disease lyphomia are shortness of breath, laziness, swollen lymphnoids, often nausea and stomach sickness. if you go to a hospital and they say its probably just a sinus infection tell them that you want to have a full body pet and ct scan. hodgkins usually happens to males of about 13-20 just because it mostly happens to males doesn't mean it cant happen to females it can just not a likely.

Answer 3

Hodgkin's lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease is a type of lymphoma. This is a cancer originating from white blood cells called lymphocytes.