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Swollen lymph nodes for 6 months
by Johnny993, May 15, 2009 08:55AM
Dear Doctor, dear everyone,
I come to you asking for help, because the doctors I visited so far do not really want to think over my problem. They spend about 1 minute with my issue all the time then they only "guessed" something.
6 months ago I noted a bigger size lymphnode on the right side of my neck. It is 1,1 cm, so visible. Some time later I also found 2x0.5 cm swollen lymphnodes under my chin actually on both sides. I feel since then almost every day a little pain especially at the 1,1 cm lymphnode. The smaller ones are sometimes bigger, sometimes smaller. The bigger one is 1,1 cm from the beginning, it does not become smaller or bigger. I feel it quite hard, that makes me anxious.
My first ENT doctor said that the lymphnode is not so big, we should let it there, and later it will go away by itself. We cannot do anything against it, it is because of some virus or bacterium.
We made blood tests. The number of lymphozytes is higher than the normal, but not much higher. We tested it at the beginning and several months later again, but the value is still high. I don't know if it will ever goes down, or if this is healthy that this value is increased so long time.. I am concerned about this already :(
- Lymphozytes 3.1 (reference: 1 - 2.9)
The other thing they found, that the EBV IgG-Ak is higher than normally. The lab states that I had before EBV virus, but now I am over, this is why this value is high. My other ENT doc said, this can also cause the swollen lymphnode. But why is it swollen still after 6 months (when I don't have that virus already)??
- EBV-CA IgM-Ak negative
- EBV-CA IgG-Ak 403 (normal <20) U/ml
- EBV-NA IgG-Ak positive
All other values in the blood tests are normal. (I think that is why the docs are not really concerned about the whole issue)
I went to MRT about my neck, they also said that they don't see any dangerous, maybe a virus or bacteria.
Generally, I feel healthy, even when I noticed first this lymphnode 6 months ago, I was not sick. It was just suddenly there, and it is there since then.
After some time the ENT doc gave me antibiotics, I took that for one week, and I think it just became worse (at that time I started to feel the smaller nodes)
The ENT doctor sent me to thyroid diagnosis, where they did blood test, which showed increased TPO 107 (norm <50U/ml) but other things were normal. They diagnosed preclinical hypothyreot and gave me thyroxin medicament for that. But they and also the ENT doctor said that this is not related to my swollen lymphnode. (So I don't take this medicament as I don't have any symphtom).
What do you think, is that something dangerous? Is that normal that I have these swollen lymphnodes for 6 months? What should I do? How long I will have this small pain in my neck? Any similar experience?
Many thanks!!
Johnny
I come to you asking for help, because the doctors I visited so far do not really want to think over my problem. They spend about 1 minute with my issue all the time then they only "guessed" something.
6 months ago I noted a bigger size lymphnode on the right side of my neck. It is 1,1 cm, so visible. Some time later I also found 2x0.5 cm swollen lymphnodes under my chin actually on both sides. I feel since then almost every day a little pain especially at the 1,1 cm lymphnode. The smaller ones are sometimes bigger, sometimes smaller. The bigger one is 1,1 cm from the beginning, it does not become smaller or bigger. I feel it quite hard, that makes me anxious.
My first ENT doctor said that the lymphnode is not so big, we should let it there, and later it will go away by itself. We cannot do anything against it, it is because of some virus or bacterium.
We made blood tests. The number of lymphozytes is higher than the normal, but not much higher. We tested it at the beginning and several months later again, but the value is still high. I don't know if it will ever goes down, or if this is healthy that this value is increased so long time.. I am concerned about this already :(
- Lymphozytes 3.1 (reference: 1 - 2.9)
The other thing they found, that the EBV IgG-Ak is higher than normally. The lab states that I had before EBV virus, but now I am over, this is why this value is high. My other ENT doc said, this can also cause the swollen lymphnode. But why is it swollen still after 6 months (when I don't have that virus already)??
- EBV-CA IgM-Ak negative
- EBV-CA IgG-Ak 403 (normal <20) U/ml
- EBV-NA IgG-Ak positive
All other values in the blood tests are normal. (I think that is why the docs are not really concerned about the whole issue)
I went to MRT about my neck, they also said that they don't see any dangerous, maybe a virus or bacteria.
Generally, I feel healthy, even when I noticed first this lymphnode 6 months ago, I was not sick. It was just suddenly there, and it is there since then.
After some time the ENT doc gave me antibiotics, I took that for one week, and I think it just became worse (at that time I started to feel the smaller nodes)
The ENT doctor sent me to thyroid diagnosis, where they did blood test, which showed increased TPO 107 (norm <50U/ml) but other things were normal. They diagnosed preclinical hypothyreot and gave me thyroxin medicament for that. But they and also the ENT doctor said that this is not related to my swollen lymphnode. (So I don't take this medicament as I don't have any symphtom).
What do you think, is that something dangerous? Is that normal that I have these swollen lymphnodes for 6 months? What should I do? How long I will have this small pain in my neck? Any similar experience?
Many thanks!!
Johnny
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