hodgkin's Lymphoma

Can anyone help? I've got a lump on the right side of my neck just under my ear (to me it looks swollen but my husband says it's my imagination. I'm know to be a bit panicky). I haven't lost my appetite but have lost weight. And my lymph nodes seem to become painful when I have an alcoholic drink. My stomach and feet are itchy especially when I get out of showers, and I get dizzy spells. I'm 24. Is it Hodgkin lymphoma?? I'm to scared to go the doctors incase it is, I've had these symptoms for at least 18 months.

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  • Hello there,

    I'm sorry you have found a lump and are worrying. I am no medical expert or cancer doctor and I am new to this forum, but I have just been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma for the second time, so I know quite a lot about Hodgkins. It could, quite simply be an infection and your lymph nodes are swollen because they are fighting infection. But please, please, please go to your doctor to get checked out, who might then refer you to a haematologist. By no means do I want to scare you, but both times it started with a lump in my neck on the right side. I had no other symptoms. 

    Good luck and I really hope it's nothing, but please get yourself checked out.
    Helen x
     

     

  • Hi Helen.  Welcome to the forum. 

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