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Emergency Symptoms of Advanced Hodgkin's Disease Include: |
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Sudden high fever
Loss of bladder or bowel control
Loss of strength
Numbness in the arms and legs
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Staging of Hodgkin's disease
After Hodgkin's disease is diagnosed, further tests are done to determine if the disease has spread outside of the lymph nodes to other parts of the body. This process is called staging. The "Stage" of Hodgkin's disease is important in determining how well patients respond to therapy as well as the type of treatment to use.
Staging of Hodgkin's disease:
- Stage I: The disease is confined to one lymph node area.
- Stage IE: The disease extends from the one lymph node area to adjacent regions.
- Stage II: The disease is in two or more lymph node areas on one side of the diaphragm (the muscle below the lungs).
- Stage IIE: The disease extends to adjacent regions of at least one of these nodes.
- Stage III: The disease is in lymph node areas on both sides of the diaphragm.
- Stage IIIE/IIISE: The disease extends into adjacent areas or organs (IIIE) and/or the spleen (IIISE).
- Stage IV: The disease has spread from the lymphatic system to one or more other organs, such as the bone marrow or liver.
Hodgkin's disease (in adults) is also classified into A and B categories:
- A category: Does not have fever, weight loss, or night sweats.
- B category: Has symptoms such as fever, unexplained weight loss, or drenching night sweats.
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In the Encyclopedia:
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This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.
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