Question about lymph nodes

[angel2104]

Hi I just have a question about the lymph node symptom. I have read mixed things about them and am confused. I have heard that lymph nodes also swell when you have colds, sore throats, ear infections etc. I currently have a cold not sure if it's just a cold or hiv symptom but I have probably 2 little pea or bean sized lymph nodes that can be felt on one side of my neck which is also the side where the throat is sore. They don't look overly swollen/enlarged. You probably can't even see them but when I touch my neck I can definitely feel little bulging lumps that were not there before this cold. (I've been feeling my neck a lot lately due to worrying about Hiv symptoms and I always thought I could have had swollen lymph nodes but didn't know how to tell but now that I've got them I can certainly tell, you can really feel little lumps in the neck, and the other side is smooth as usual.) I've read that with him ALL lymph nodes swell not just in one particular area because hiv is in the blood throughout the whole body and minor infections such as sinus infections will just cause the lymph nodes in the area in which the infection is to swell? Is this true? Cause it would make sense if I have a cold in my head or sinus infection or throat infection of some sort on that side of my head mainly for the lymph nodes on that side right near my sore throat to swell a little bit. So if it was hoc causing this cold/flu symptoms of runny nose, sneezing, coughing, sore throat would ALL of my lymph nodes also be swollen not just on one side of my neck? I just want to know for peace of mind. Thank you

[angel2104]

Okay thank you, I just asked here instead of anxiety because I thought since it's about hiv the people here would know more about hiv and be able to answer my questions better to help me, so thank you
So you can have swollen lymph nodes and not have hiv? It's not a thing you only get when you have hiv? Coz that was what I thought it was when I read the symptoms on the internet so I thought if I have swollen lymph nodes I have it :( and I just got a cold and swollen lymph nodes but I also just got a negative test at 6weeks so it made me think either the cold and lymph nodes aren't anything to do with Hiv OR it could be but the test could be wrong so that's why I was asking about delayed seroconversion and reliability of the test at that time (though the dr at the place said that was the time to do the test, so it must be?)

[roostermonkey]

HIV is not diagnosed by symptoms, if you think you've being exposed go and get tested according to the information that was already given to you, until then do yourself a favor and stay away from internet or look for help in the anxiety forum.

[angel2104]

Because I used to think having swollen lymph nodes meant you had hiv so that's why it's been such a worry for me to actually feel that I do have swollen lymph nodes along with this cold