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A member asked:
Can i make lymph nodes palpable/enlarged by repeated touching in a lymph node area? do they swell from being touched?
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No: Usually palpate the nods dose not enlarge the node,but if they become enlarge need evaluation to find the cause ,so be treated.
Answered 9/26/2016
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