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Cancer of the lymph system is
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Lymphoma
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Abnormalities in what can cause lymphoma?
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B and T cells
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What is enlargement of the spleen?
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Splenomegaly
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Symptoms of Hodgkins
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Painless lump, low grade fevers, weight loss
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What do you monitor for a patient with lymphoma?
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Hemoglobin and hematocrit
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What places a person with a splenectomy at risk for respiratory complications?
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An incision near the diapharam
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What is OPSI
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Overwhelming post splenectomy infection
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A post splenectomy patient should recieve what?
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instructions to get vaccines against infection
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Stage 2 Hodgkins disease is what?
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Localized involvement of more than two adjacent or nonadjacent regions on one side of the diaphram
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Hodgkin's lymphoma victims are younger or older than non hodgkins?
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Younger
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Hodgkin's lymphoma victims are likely to have what?
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Fever and night sweats
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What does the absence of Reed Sternberg cells mean?
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Non hodgkin's lymphoma
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Epstein Barr and Herpes may play a role in what?
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Development of non hodgkin's lymphoma
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Early symptoms of OPSI
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Fever and malaise
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Where does HD usually begin?
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cervical lymph nodes of neck
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