Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Are there lymph nodes in calf?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
Along blood vessels: Lymphatic system absorbs/carries things too big to go into the arteries/veins like bacteria eaten by white cells and digested food. Lymph nodes "taste" the lymph for anything bad like bacteria/viruses/cancers, etc. When it detects a problem, it alerts the immune system and your body reacts. They enlarge in response to the inflammation they create when they react. They shrink when all is well.
Answered 11/2/2019
4.8k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Are there lymph nodes on the back of your leg. I have one on the back of my leg by my knee and it moves and does not hurt should I get it checked
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Hi. I have enlarged and severely painful lymph nodes to the right of my groin but also pain from lymph nodes down my whole leg. My Q is why down leg?
3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A member asked:
What is the treatment for swelling in leg from lymph nodes?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Got bitten 4 times only right leg and noticed lymph nodes are swollen is this possible?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
I was scratching around my groin area by my leg and now my skin hurts and has gotten hard. The area is red could it deal with my lymph nodes.Worried?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
I have a swollen lymph node in the calf of my leg , the size of a quarter. What could it be?
How bad is it if one lymph node is postive after synovial sarcoma removal from left calf?
Four days ago, I got a new tattoo on my right calf from a reputable shop. Today, however, I noticed a swollen lymph node in my neck, on the same side.
Cbc normal. Minerals normal, thyroid test normal.10% weight loss, swollen lymph in neck both sides rarely hurt(9mos . Chest pain, calf pain, dizziness?
I have swollen lymph nodes all on the same side idk if it inflammation too. its sore above the elbow, on the side of breast area, in the lower calf and my toenail hurt which i have nail growing on top of each other. can that be the cause??
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
