Hodgkin Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s Disease)

Hodgkin’s lymphoma is an oncological disease of the lymphatic system, which is characterized by an increase in lymph nodes and spread to neighboring organs and tissues. When the doctor makes such a diagnosis, he immediately proceeds to treat the pathology. The Israel Tel Aviv Medical Clinic employs real professionals in their field, who specializes in the treatment of oncology in children. with the help of the latest equipment, it is possible to detect the disease at an early stage.

The causes and symptoms of the disease

What causes the pathology, doctors cannot answer. However, there are risk factors that cause the development of the disease:

• The presence of chronic infection;
• Inflammation of the lymph nodes;
• Genetic predisposition;
• Exposure to chemotherapy;
• Decreased immunity.

If you notice the appearance of the following suspicious symptoms, you should immediately contact a specialist:

• Fever;
• Decrease in weight and appetite;
• Pale skin;
• Abdominal pain;
• Increased fatigue;
• Heavy sweating;
• Chronic cough;
• Bone pain.

Over time, the symptoms become more pronounced. The sooner the disease is detected, the more chances you have to be completely cured and return to normal life.

Treatment

Treatment for the disease is based on a combination of chemotherapy and radiation. The choice of a specific therapy depends on the variant of the disease, the patient’s age, stage (local or widespread damage to the body), concomitant diseases and other factors. 

The specialists of the Israeli clinic Tel Aviv Medical Clinic use international protocols that imply complex treatment. Thus, it is possible to get rid of the cause of the disease and choose the right therapy. We provide comfortable rooms for a comfortable stay for patients. In our clinic, prices are set at the state level. You get a wide range of services at an affordable cost. We work closely with charitable foundations and help raise funds for treatment, if necessary.

Chemotherapy is followed by radiation therapy. The dose of radiation is determined by the oncohematologist depending on the stage of the disease, the protocol used and the organ to be irradiated. In difficult cases (resistance of the disease to therapy, relapses), high-dose therapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation can be used. Allogeneic transplantation is rarely used.