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How to tell if my armpit lymph nodes are swollen?

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Dr. Glenn Messina answered

Specializes in Aesthetic Medicine

Feel them: Place your finger tips into the arm pit the area closer to the chest than the hand. Deep palpation with a little pressure the nodes will feel like a soft pea if they are swollen. Sometines they are hard. If you do feel nodes have your doctor check as well

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Answered 4/23/2021

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