Leukemia/Lymphoma and weight loss?!
Question: Leukemia/Lymphoma and weight loss!?
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Just wondering if everyone who develops leukemia or lymphoma has the rapid weight loss before hand!? Is it possible to have either of these conditions without the weight loss!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Just wondering if everyone who develops leukemia or lymphoma has the rapid weight loss before hand!? Is it possible to have either of these conditions without the weight loss!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It's definitely possible, and actually quite common, to have lymphoma without weight loss!.
With both Hodgkin's Disease and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, patients are staged according to how much disease they have!. To this stage is added the letter A or B!. A patient is assigned an "A" in Hodgkin's Disease if they lack all of these symptoms: drenching night sweats, fevers, and weight loss of 10%!. Patients who have one or more of those symptoms are assigned a "B" designation!. I believe it is the same for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma!.
I had stage 3-A Hodgkin's Disease and didn't have any weight loss even though I was a very advanced stage three!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
With both Hodgkin's Disease and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, patients are staged according to how much disease they have!. To this stage is added the letter A or B!. A patient is assigned an "A" in Hodgkin's Disease if they lack all of these symptoms: drenching night sweats, fevers, and weight loss of 10%!. Patients who have one or more of those symptoms are assigned a "B" designation!. I believe it is the same for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma!.
I had stage 3-A Hodgkin's Disease and didn't have any weight loss even though I was a very advanced stage three!.Www@Answer-Health@Com