Question 1

how can i treat enlarged lymph nodes?

Accepted Answer

See a doctor: Enlarged lymph nodes have many causes. You should see a health care professional to evaluate the cause.

Question 2

will enlarged lymph nodes go away ?

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Lymph nodes: If the cause is infection related or benign, mostly lymph nodes will go away; if cause is cancer related, they may continue to enlarge or new lymph nodes will show up. It ll be associated with weight loss and night sweats and it would require a lymph node biopsy to figure out what is going on?

Question 3

are the symptoms of enlarged lymph nodes bad?

Accepted Answer

If large, and hard: Lymphadenopathy comes with infections and other condition like lymphoma---how many lymph node, how large, how hard?

Need doctor evaluation not just to figure why  but also to treat infection, like cat scratch or more serious.

Question 4

i was wondering are enlarged lymph nodes visible?

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Can be: If the enlargement occurs in the neck, and is significant, then it is easily seen. In the chest and abdomen, no. In the armpit and groin, it depends on who is looking and how carefully.

Question 5

what symptoms are common in enlarged lymph nodes?

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Monitoring Centers: The lymphatic system absorbs things too big to go into the arteries/veins like bacteria eaten by white cells and digested food. Lymph nodes "taste" the lymph to see if  there is bacteria/viruses/ cancers, etc. When it detects a problem, it alerts the immune system and your body reacts. They enlarge/hard in response to the inflammation created when they react.  Sx - pain, feeling the node.

Question 6

are hard immovable enlarged lymph nodes always bad?

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It depends: It depends on the cause which can be either inflammatory (Infections like TB) or Granulomas like Sarcoid are not all that dangerous but if they are enlarged due to cancer, then it depends on which type of Cancer(Lymphomas are treatable but other Cancers are more serious.

Question 7

it is possible and normal for enlarged lymph nodes do not return completely to normal?

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Yes this would: Be possible. Do we know why the lymph nodes were enlarged?

Question 8

babysitter was just told another kid in her care has enlarged lymph nodes. should we worry?

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Not usually: It is unlikely that there is a transmittable cause for this, but without knowing why the other child's lymph nodes are large it is difficult to answer your question.  The babysitter may get infectious mononucleosis (eb virus) from the other child and then transmit it to your child, but this is unlikely and without knowing what the other child had, difficult to speculate on.

Question 9

what causes enlarged lymph nodes of the lungs?

Accepted Answer

Inflammation: Enlarged lymph nodes occur when the immune system is active in a part of the body  (a regional factory and distibution site for inflammatory cells which travel from the bloodstream and into the lymphatic fluid).   Sources of inflammation in the lungs include infection, autoimmune disorders, injury of lung tissue, chronic respiratory inflammation, and malignancies.

Question 10

can strep cause enlarged lymph nodes ?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Streptoccocal infections can cause enlarged lymph nodes in your neck.

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