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Alcohol and Lymphoma Pain What is this ?

 
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merianne
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:41 pm    Post subject: Alcohol and Lymphoma Pain Reply with quote
Is it true that drinking alcohol will cause pain in effected areas if lymphoma exists? If so, is this true for any type of illness that effects the lymph nodes. I know when I was a kid, the pickle test was given if you had the mumps. This alone dates me because there was no vaccine for mumps when I was growing up and the adults would give the kid a pickle to see if they were really sick or just had a cold. The pickle test was excruciating if you really had the mumps and you could not fake it.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:19 pm    Post subject: lymphoma pain Reply with quote
Merianne,

I never heard about the pickle test Smile But I don't think that alcohol exacerbates pain in the lymphnodes.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:04 am    Post subject: Re: Alcohol and Lymphoma Pain Reply with quote
It is true that alcohol may exacerbates pain in lymphnodes involved with non-hodgkins lymphoma. Alcohol should be avoided for patients with NHL.

Patients should seek advice from board certified medical oncologists for advices.

Regards,

J. Jay Lu, M.D.
Diplomate, American Board of Radiology (Radiation Oncology)
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