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How long is it supposed to it take for a lymph node to swell?
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Monitoring Centers: The lymphatic system absorbs and carries things too big to go into the arteries and veins like bacteria eaten by white cells and digested food. A lymph node "tastes" the lymph to see if anything bad is there like bacteria, viruses, cancers, etc. When it detects a problem, it alerts the immune system and swells in response to the inflammation they create when they react. Can occur quickly.
Answered 12/30/2016
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