咳嗽兩周以上高燒六大徵狀要注意淋巴癌

淋巴癌，是香港十大癌症之一，是一種影響淋巴細胞的血癌。淋巴細胞是白血球細胞，遍布全身，構成免疫系統的一部分，因此身體任何位置都有機會出現淋巴癌。淋巴癌初期症狀可能不明顯，因此經常被忽視或到後期才被發現，並可能已擴散至骨髓和其他器官。

According to the recent analysis by the Hong Kong Cancer Registry (HKCaR), the mortality rate of NHL patients in Hong Kong ranked 8th in the top 10 cancers. Therefore, the survival rate of lymphoma is still high. Among the top 10 most common cancers in Hong Kong, NHL is more likely to develop in men (8th) than in women (10th). NHL can be classified into 3 main types clinically, including indolent, aggressive, and highly aggressive lymphomas. As their names suggested, indolent lymphoma is a slow-growing tumor. Most patients can survive for 5 – 10 years even without treatment. However, indolent lymphoma is not curable. In contrast, the conditions of patients with aggressive and highly aggressive NHL deteriorate very rapidly, and they may lose their lives in a matter of months without prompt treatment.

淋巴癌的徵兆極不明顯，病人未必能發現自己患上，最常見的淋巴癌症狀包括：

Fever

咳嗽、呼吸困難

Chest pain, bone pain or allodynia

淋巴腺腫大：可發生在一個或多個淋巴腺，通常沒有疼痛。多發生在頸部，其次為腋下、腹股溝﹝即小腹與大腿之間的位置﹞

食慾不振、體重下降

Excessive sweating, especially at night

值得留意是，部分疾病也可能出現相同症狀，例如肺結核和自身免疫病, 因此如發現身體出現以上症狀，應盡早求醫，以確定是否患有淋巴癌。

淋巴癌診斷方法: 全方面檢查

防癌篩查計劃適用於任何人士，尤其是有癌症家族病史的人群，或是工作壓力大的上班族。

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