| Lymphoma is a very difficult disease, especially | | | | common viruses, that actually affects most of the |
| because the main cause of this medical condition is | | | | people at some point during their lives; this virus |
| not known. Things get even more complicated when | | | | causes glandular or infection, but on a short period of |
| it comes to non- Hodgkin' s lymphoma. Besides the | | | | time; however, there are lymphoma cases that can |
| fact that the real cause of the disease is not known, | | | | be related with this virus; although the number of non |
| the risk factors that exist are responsible only for a | | | | Hodgkin' s lymphoma cases that have as starting |
| very small part of all the non- Hodgkin' s lymphoma | | | | ground this particular virus are small, they actually |
| cases. Furthermore, studies have shown that some | | | | exist, so you could say that this virus is a risk factor |
| people that are actually exposed to one or more of | | | | in developing this type of lymphoma; |
| the risk factors of this type of lymphoma do not | | | | - HIV/ AIDS virus, this virus is one of the most highly |
| actually develop the disease. | | | | linked viruses to non Hodgkin' s lymphoma; studies |
| So, as you can see, there are some risk factors | | | | have shown that people that are infected with the |
| when it comes to non Hodgkin' s lymphoma, but they | | | | HIV virus or suffer form AIDS are more likely to |
| are not always responsible for this disease. What a | | | | develop this form of cancer; |
| lymphoma patient must understand that he/ she has | | | | - HTLV- 1 virus- the relation of this virus with the |
| no fault whatsoever in the development of non | | | | development of non Hodgkin' s lymphoma is not a |
| Hodgkin' s lymphoma. The main factors of risk in this | | | | very close one; although this virus does actually |
| lymphoma case are: | | | | increase the risk of developing this form of |
| 1. infection is probably the most important risk factor | | | | lymphoma, case of cancer that actually develop |
| when it comes to non Hodgkin' s disease; there are | | | | because of this virus are very rare; |
| three most important viral infections that are linked | | | | Bacterial infection is not associate with non Hodgkin's |
| to this type of cancer: | | | | lymphoma. |
| - Epstein-Barr virus- this is probably one of the most | | | | 2. |