Understanding Burkitt’s Lymphoma: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

2024-02-22 11:00:00

The Egyptians received the news of the death of Dr. Hani El-Nazer, the former head of the National Research Center, with great sadness. El-Nazer had suffered from Burkitt’s cancer for months and his health condition had recently deteriorated. In the following lines we will learn more about Burkitt’s cancer, the disease that Dr. Hani suffered from. The principal.

Hani Al-Nazer’s illness

The disease Hani Al-Nazer has suffered from in recent months is Burkitt’s lymphoma, which is a rare, fast-growing cancer whose symptoms appear suddenly and get worse quickly.

It is a rare type of cancer that often begins in the body’s organs such as the tummy (abdomen) or spleen

Causes of Burkitt’s cancer

No one knows exactly what causes Burkitt lymphoma.

Researchers studying Burkitt’s lymphoma cells link the condition to changes in the MYC gene and other genes they have found in the cancer cells. The MYC gene controls some aspects of cell growth and researchers are still investigating the causes of the genetic changes.

In some cases, people infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the United States also develop Burkitt lymphoma, but not everyone who has this virus develops Burkitt lymphoma.

Symptoms of Burkitt lymphoma

Burkitt lymphoma affects adults and children in different ways, but symptoms in children and adults usually appear suddenly and get worse quickly.

Burkitt lymphoma tumors can double in size within hours. Increasingly severe symptoms may be a sign of rapidly growing tumors.

Some common symptoms of Burkitt lymphoma in children include:

Abdominal (abdominal) pain.

Vomiting and nausea.

Anorexia.

Weakness and fatigue.

Swollen lymph nodes.

Common symptoms in adults include:

Weakness and fatigue.

Fever.

Unintended weight loss.

Severe night sweats.

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