Lymphnode Swelling in 3yo Daughter...help???

[constatlyinpain]

My three year old daughter has had swollen lymph nodes in her neck since Thanksgiving of last year.  They are very slowly getting larger and slowly spreading down her neck (it's on both sides, just behind ears down to collar bone).  She is always sick.  A cold, cough, fever that comes and goes (but is fairly mild most of the time), ear infection on occasion and the antibiotics never help.  She hasn't lost any weight, but she does sweat pretty bad at night (or any time she sleeps).  Sometimes she complains that her legs hurt, but I'm not sure if they really do or not.  The docs keep saying that it's allergies (no allergy meds help at all) and that "Some kids are just lumpy."  Three different doctors have said that "It's too early to be worried about anything weird like lymphoma or anything", yet since three docs have said that, I'm now worried that she could be seriously ill with mild symptoms.  Am I overly worried or should I nicely demand they test her for cancer???

[constatlyinpain]

I asked the doc to do a CBC.  He said that he only felt one large enough to be worried about and that the other ones are "shotty".  Personally I felt three large, one on one side and two on the other, not to mention the new swelling just above the collar bone.  Hope the bloodwork will tell us something.  Thank you for your response, I wish you all the best.

[mjarre]

I would definetly persue that.  I would take her to different doctors if possible (childrens hospital).  I myself have been suffering from this for about a year.  Finally, a lymph node on my left collar bone has swelled - now they want to biopsy.  It is a very slow process as to getting attention from the doctors. hang in there. this is your child and you are doing the right thing. i have found out that the nodes have to be a certain size to biopsy.  any kind of swollen node needs to be looked at.