If anyone could be of any help regarding the signs and symptoms one can detect Id greatly appreciate it.
My boy is 5, having him tested for tachycardia/Wolff Parkinsons White/ going to request sugar test for diabetes/hypoglycemia and told to request a Hodgkins test due to signs being similiar to my cousins who infact did aquire Hodgkins and went thru chemo, just recently went into remission, and his mother, my aunt, just diagnosed with colon cancer..........she said all his symptoms reflect her childs beginning at the same age. Please any advice is appreciated

Hi my name is Keith from UK I suppose the symptoms are same whether young or 43 as i was 3 years ago,you do not say what the childs symptoms are.
My symptoms were drenching nights sweats,weight loss(i wasn't very big to start with but lost about a stone),very tired.
There are other signs such as lumps in groin,in armpits and the neck,i never had these as it was found in my bone marrow(this should be checked as well).
Hope this will help.
Keith.

This link will take you to the Hodgkins disease page on MedLinePlus. There you will find descriptions of the disease, diagnostic tests, therapies, etc.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hodgkinsdisease.html

This is to the National Cancer Institute.
http://www.nci.nih.gov/


Good luck to you and your family,
Jay


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