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Do lymph nodes persist if infections are untreated? and do infections heal by themselves?
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Yes and yes: Lymph nodes often enlarge as your body's response to an infection. If the infection persists so may the lymph nodes. Some infections (more viral) than bacterial will "heal themselves", but it is actually your body defenses and restoration ability that you seem to heal by themselves.
Answered 1/5/2019
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