Lymph Nodes swollen for no apparent reason

Question

My lymph nodes in my neck have been swollen for most of this year. I've had an MRI on them, result: benign. The neck specialist also looked down my throat with a camera (through my nose) and the throat is fine. HIV Test came back negative. All (extensive) blood tests came back within normal params, including liver, kidneys, thyroid, calcium, protein, etc. I even had a brain MRI in case of something like menengitis (came back fine, but with a sinus retention cyst on the maxillary noticed). I do have a couple of infected (supposedly) teeth with cavities, but I don't see how that could cause several months of swollen neck lymph nodes. I've been checked from head to toe, inside and outside with nothing wrong. So what gives with the lymph nodes? They are indeed tender.

Also, in case this helps, I smoke. I had a chest x-ray and the result was unremarkable.

boninclyde · Answer

Be careful what doctors to trust. I would get a second opinion on the lymphoma especially if this is not your doctors specialty. May not be but I was told I did not have cancer but I do.

Unknown Cause · Answer

Thank you, but what I don't like about that website is that it assumes that everything that you are feeling is somehow related, headache + stomach pain = cancer, even though the two symptoms can be completely unrelated. So the website really earns its name: WrongDiagnosis. It's telling me I have lymphoma, but that is highly improbable. The neck specialist doctor assured me it's not lymphoma.

Lymph Nodes swollen for no apparent reason

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