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What do lymph nodes do Why do they sometimes become large and tender?
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Lymph nodes filter out microorganisms and foreign materials that have been taken up by the lymphocytes. When your body fights an infection. lymphocytes fill the lymph nodes.
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Why do lymph nodes sometimes become large and tender?
Because the tissue fluid cannot get back to the blood.
What do lymph nodes do and why do they sometimes become large and tender?
Lymph nodes filter out microorganisms and foreign materials that have been taken up by the lymphocytes. When your body fights an infection. lymphocytes fill the lymph nodes.
Why do the Lymph nodes become larger and tender?
They become larger and tender when you have a disease or infection
What caused my armpits to become tender?
Your arm pits may be tender due to a sensitivity to your deodorant. You also have lymph nodes in the area which can become tender and sensitive at the beginning of any sickness.
Can tender lymph nodes be a symptom of Chronic fatigue syndrome?
Yes
What are symptoms of Spirillary rat-bite fever?
The patient develops a fever. Lymph nodes in the area become swollen and tender, and the patient suffers from fever, chills, and headache
What could be the cause of a tender or sore lump in your neck under your ear?
If your neck is swollen and under your ears are red and tender, you may have swollen glands. Swollen glands are a result of an enlargement of the lymph nodes.
Is the jugular a lymph node on the neck?
No. It is a vein. A very large one that carries blood back to your heart to become oxygenated.
Why would a woman with a breast abscess find a tender lump over her clavicle?
Depending on where the abscess is it may be a lymph gland in the same way your neck glands swell and become tender when you have a sore throat. Or it may be absolutely nothing to do with the abscess. You should see a doctor.
What does it mean when a child has soft knots on the back of there head that's not tender at all?
lymph nodes
Where is lymph in the lymph vessels going to?
Back to the blood to become plasma again.
What is reactive lymph node?
It's a lymph node that drains an inflamed area. The source of the inflammation can be bacterial-viral infection, immunological disease, or malignancy.
