how do you get the hodgkins disease?

Answer 1

We were told that the cause is unknown.

Answer 2

At this time, the cause or causes of Hodgkin's disease are not known, and doctors can seldom explain why one person gets this disease and another does not. It is clear, however, that Hodgkin's disease is not caused by an injury, and it is not contagious; no one can "catch" this disease from another person.

By studying patterns of cancer in the population, researchers have found certain risk factors that are more common in people who get Hodgkin's disease than in those who do not. However, most people with these risk factors do not get Hodgkin's disease, and many who do get Hodgkin's disease have none of the known risk factors.

The following are some of the Hodgkin’s disease risk factors:

Age/Sex -- Hodgkin's disease occurs most often in people between 15 and 34 and in people over the age of 55. It is more common in men than in women.

Family History -- Brothers and sisters of those with Hodgkin's disease have a higher-than-average chance of developing this disease.

Viruses -- Epstein-Barr virus is an infectious agent that may be associated with an increased chance of getting Hodgkin's disease.

People who are concerned about the chance of developing Hodgkin's disease should talk with their doctor about the disease, the symptoms to watch for, and an appropriate schedule for checkups. The doctor's advice will be based on the person's age, medical history,

Answer 3

Hodgkin's disease or Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a cancer of the lymphatic system. In Hodgkin's disease, the cells of the lymphatic system grow abnormally and may then spread to other systems. Although no causes have been found for Hodgkin's, it is likely that certain risk factors can contribute to developing hodgkin's. Essentially, all cancers begin in the mutation of DNA within certain cells. DNA errors occur in the form of translocations, which is the damage produced when part of one chromosome is displaced or attaches to another chromosome. These translocations interfere with the normal sequencing of the genes resulting in cancer producing genes on the chromosomes being switched on, whereas the cancer preventing genes may be switched off. Certain risk factors associated with Hodgkin's lymphoma may be the Epstein-Barr virus, auto immune diseases such as AIDS or HIV, Inherited immunodeficency syndromes like ataxia or gan transplants that require immunosuppresant drugs. Hope this clears everything up for you.

Answer 4

A good friend of ours had it and lived for many years with it. Her doctor told her that there was no known cause, unlike some cancers that are due to known causes. She was only 26 when she was diagnosed and no one else in her family had it or has come down with it. Hodgkin's lymphoma, formerly known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma first described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832. Hodgkin's lymphoma is characterized clinically by the orderly spread of disease from one lymph node group to another and by the development of systemic symptoms with advanced disease. Swollen but painless lymph nodes are the most common sign of Hodgkin's lymphoma, often occurring in the neck. The lymph nodes of the chest are often affected and these may be noticed on a chest X-ray.

Splenomegaly, or enlargement of the spleen, occurs in about 30% of people with Hodgkin's lymphoma. The enlargement, however, is seldom massive. The liver may also be enlarged due to liver involvement in the disease in about 5% of cases.
About one-third of people with Hodgkin's disease may also notice some systemic symptoms, such as low-grade fever, night sweats, weight loss, itchy skin, or fatigue.

Pathologically, the disease is characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. Hodgkin's lymphoma was one of the first cancers to be rendered curable by combination chemotherapy.

Unlike other lymphomas, whose incidence increases with age, Hodgkin's lymphoma has a bimodal incidence curve: that is, it occurs more frequently in two separate age groups, the first being young adulthood (age 15–35), the second being in those over 60 years old. Overall, it is more common in men, except for the nodular sclerosis variant of Hodgkin disease, which is more common in women.

The incidence of Hodgkin's disease is about 1/25,000 people/year, and accounts for slightly less than 1% of all cancers worldwide.

Answer 5

Its cancer. You get it if the cancer cells are present in your body.
You could ask the question "how do you get breast cancer", same thing, you either get it or you don't.

Answer 6

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hodgkinsdisease.html