Do you think I have leukemia or lymphoma? Reply ASAP.

[MadiBogden]

Okay. I'm 17 and 118lbs. I'm 5'6. I have a couple swollen lymph nodes that are all hard and painless. Some are firm. I have two right under my jaw that are very close. Both are hard and have been present for awhile. During the summer I found a small pea sized lymph node in my armpit/side of breast. I just felt for it and it grew to the size of a nickel or even a quarter. It's hard and fixed and painless. Other symptoms im having is frequent bruising (very easily also), shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting when standing, some weird body aches that last for seconds, loss of appetite, frequent infections, fever of 99.1-100.8 for the last couple days. I can't think of anything else right now. Reminder. I have already went to the doctor and they put me on antibiotics and they said it should make the lymph nodes go down. Well the one on my neck has been present for months, the other on my neck appeared at a different time and it has been present for a month I believe, and the one on my armpit/boob has been present since the ending of summer. So please quickly let me know. I'm scared.

[Ken_PA]

I don't have a guess at this point as to what the cause is.

You might want to read the top two articles here:
http://s.aafp.org/?q=lymphadenopathy&q1=American+Family+Physician&x1=category&search=This+Section+Only&category-search=true&searchradio=This+Section+Only

[MadiBogden]

Oh. I actually forget to mention it but I did some research on lupus for the past couple of days and I seem to have a lot of symptoms. Except the butterfly rash.

[MadiBogden]

i believe so. Most of my family history consists of cancer, diabetes, diseases. I'm not exactly sure what types of things though. If autoimmunity were the cause what do you think would be the culprit?

[Ken_PA]

The Red blood cell (RBC) count is part of a CBC test. If yours is not so low as to cause dizziness, then there would be some other cause - such as infection causing low blood pressure.

If your platelet count is normal, then your easy bruising is most likely not caused by cancer.

If your WBC is not low, then your frequent infections are likely not caused by cancer.

You need to get a copy of your CBC test from your doctor. Always keep copies of all tests.

A virus can make nodes swell and an antibiotic does not affect a virus.

Do you have any autoimmunity in your family?

[MadiBogden]

Also, I do not believe it was a CBC that was performed. I remember my doctor saying RBC. And when they checked my blood this was months and months ago. Before any of this started bothering me. I've had one lymph node on my neck that's hard and the size of a nickel that's been present for months and then recently another appeared right beside basically touching the other. It is also hard and more firm. Then like I said the armpit one has changed drastically and is hard and fixed also. I believe I can feel some lymph nodes in my groin too. But they are squishy which that does not alarm me. I would like to know what you think it is because infection seems to not be the answer currently. I've never been tested for lupus but I am not present with lupus symptoms so therefore I do not think lupus is the problem. My main concern is that I possibly have Cancer.

[MadiBogden]

I also have a lot of infections lately. Just got over pneumonia one week, another week im back because it didn't go away. I just had an ear infection. And I've been on antibiotics several times and it hasn't taken my lymph nodes down. For the last week I've been running a low grade fever all the time. I am currently not sick. I feel "fine" I guess. I have headaches a lot too. I am now starting to wake up with them. And I sweat a lot.

[MadiBogden]

I also have a lot of infections lately. Just got over pneumonia one week, another week im back because it didn't go away. I just had an ear infection. And I've been on antibiotics several times and it hasn't taken my lymph nodes down. For the last week I've been running a low grade fever all the time. I am currently not sick. I feel "fine" I guess. I have headaches a lot too. I am now starting to wake up with them. And I sweat a lot.

[MadiBogden]

We left the doctors that day and they said they'd call if they found anything and if I wasn't anemic they wouldn't call. They ended up calling anyhow and said I was on the lower end of normal. I'm not sure what else was said because my mother took the call. What d

[Ken_PA]

Hi, what did your CBC test say about your platelets?

[MadiBogden]

Can you help me out?