Early symptoms of cervical lymphoma

Cervical lymphoma is a relatively serious malignant tumor that poses a great threat to human health. Patients often show a variety of symptoms, the most common of which is fever. The high fever will persist and may cause intermittent low fever. Patients often lose weight for a short period of time and often sweat while sleeping. It can cause swollen lymph nodes and symptoms of compression.

What are the early symptoms of cervical lymphoma?

1. Systemic symptoms of cervical lymphoma (1) Fever: The fever pattern is often irregular, ranging between 38-39°C for many years. Some patients may have continuous high fever, or intermittent low fever, and a few may have periodic fever. (2) Weight loss: Most patients will experience weight loss, with a reduction of more than 10% of their original body weight within 6 months. (3) Night sweats: This symptom often occurs at night or after falling asleep.

2. Local manifestations of cervical lymphoma (1) Lymph node enlargement: mainly including superficial and deep lymph nodes. The characteristics of this symptom are that the enlarged lymph nodes are progressive, painless, hard, and can be moved. In the early stage, they are not adhered to each other, but in the late stage, they can fuse. Anti-inflammatory and anti-tuberculosis treatments are ineffective. Superficial lymph nodes are mostly found in the neck, followed by the armpits and abdominal groove. The deep ones often appear in the mediastinum and beside the abdominal aorta. (2) Local compression symptoms caused by swollen lymph nodes: mainly refers to deep lymph nodes, such as enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes, which can compress the esophagus and cause patients to have symptoms of dysphagia; compression of the superior vena cava causes superior vena cava syndrome; compression of the trachea can cause symptoms such as coughing, chest tightness, dyspnea and cyanosis. 3. Extranodal lesions of cervical lymphoma Lymphoma can invade tissues and organs throughout the body. For example, infiltration of the liver and spleen causes hepatomegaly; infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract causes abdominal pain, bloating, intestinal obstruction and bleeding; infiltration of the lungs and pleura causes cough and pleural effusion; infiltration of the bones causes bone pain and pathological fractures; infiltration of the skin causes skin itching and subcutaneous nodules; infiltration of the tonsils and mouth, nose and pharynx causes dysphagia, nasal congestion and nasal knots; infiltration of the nervous system causes spinal cord compression, cranial neuropathies, etc.

How long can you live with early-stage lymphoma?

Experts point out that lymphoma is not a terminal illness, and progress in medical research has removed lymphoma from the ranks of terminal illnesses. Generally speaking, the concept of "cure" for cancer is related to the "5-year disease-free survival rate". Long-term observations have found that if cancer patients pass the fifth year smoothly after completing treatment, the chance of tumor recurrence is less than 10%, and they can be considered cured at this time. Although there is still a big gap in the treatment effects of different subtypes of lymphoma, the overall efficacy has been greatly improved, and it has become one of the malignant tumors with the best treatment effect among the few curable cancers. Since each patient's survival period is different, it depends on the patient's response to the treatment drugs and whether the treatment is appropriate. It is difficult to give a clear answer to the question of how long a person with lymphoma can live. The treatment of lymphoma is a systematic process that involves many factors. Generally speaking, how long a person with lymphoma can live mainly depends on whether the treatment method is appropriate and the patient's physical function. In addition, lymphoma patients and their families should learn more about the treatment of lymphoma and communicate more with their attending physicians, which will help prolong the survival of lymphoma patients.

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