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Can lymph nodes be caused by insect bites?
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Lymph Nodes: Regional lymph nodes may react to nearby insect bites
Answered 8/1/2013
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Insect bite: Lymph nodes already exist. They enlarge as result of reaction to the bite.
Answered 8/1/2013
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