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I have squishy jelly like things on both sides of trachea for month been to dr said little lymphnodes. i have a shotty ln groin &armpit. cancer?

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Stop worrying: All young adults have a few palpable lymph nodes. You've been seen and you can trust your physician on this one. The ones that are worrisome are enormously big, or stony-hard, or stuck to surrounding structures, or accompanied by fever / weight loss / night sweats.

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Answered 1/29/2014

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