Does an enlarged/swollen lymph node hurt when touched?

Please help me this is an urgent question (kind of long but please)?????!?

  • About three years ago I came back from camp and noticed a swollen, palpable lymph node under my left armpit. I waited a few weeks and when it didn't go away I went to the doctor. She said that because it wasn't big and it was palpable it was nothing to worry about. A few months later I got the flu so naturally some lymph nodes swelled in my throat. One remained swollen. So now, 2 years later I still have and armpit and throat lymph nodes swollen. They have not grown, and they may have shrunk but def not grown. They're easily palpable but are not soft if you press on them. I am 16 years oldand i'm terrified I have cancer????? I have something the size of an M&M one inch down my butt crack that is very palpable, I don't know if it is a lymph node or what. It has shrunk a little from when it first came about one and a half years ago. It hurt when it first came but now it doesn't hurt. I just got back from DC and woke up 4 days ago with nausea and no appetite and have been like this these past fourdays. I have lost 4 pounds now, that's probably because of my not eating as much though. The nausea is not terrible and it gets better as the day progresses, and my loss of appetite waxes and wanes. I don't know if this is related to the lymph nodes, as I have been in the metro and public places and bathrooms while I was on my trip. I'm just really paranoid and I will probably end up going to the doctor soon if these symptoms don't leave soon but should I be scared????? Please hele me! Is it possible for lymph nodes to remain swollen for a longgggg time? (I've touched them a lot, i dont know if that does anything?). I don't have any other symptoms except for some minor back pain but that's probably because I have a bit of a slouch (bad I know).... But yeah I'm a teenage girl and paranoid about cancer so please please help me??!?!?!?! Also i have a weird palpable long thing on my left elbow that is more palpable if i bend my arm, and sometimes both pinkies in my hands get slightly numb. i recently also have been getting frequent chills, but they aren't following through (i.e. i keep having to shake my body to make them go away. i have no fever, no pain or other symptoms other than those described above). lastly, for the past almost 2 years i've had a ball-like lump at the base of my skull immediately to the left of my spine. it's sensitive to touch, not palpable, pretty hard, feels like a muscle knot of some sort but sometimes it's on my left and others on my right, the size of a cherry, some days it's more pronounced than others. i don't feel it if my neck is straight facing forward but i do if i tilt my neck to the side...please help me i am paranoid about cancer i'm 16 i don't want to die?!?!?!?! and i don't want to be so scared. should i be scared? what could i have?

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As you explain most of these lumps are palpable and painless, suggesting they are not cancerous, Lymphnodes often become inflamed post colds, flus and other infections and can remains inflamed sometimes forever. I have a lymphnode just below my ear that is palpable but feels hard that my doctor told me would probably stay there forever. if your can move these lumps from side to side this is also a positive sign. If you feel very worried I would go back and see your doctor again to have all of them checked just to put your mind at rest. As you have had them for a very long time I would expect you would have had other symptoms of lymphoma is you did actually have it, these include, night sweats, severe abdominal pain, fevers, extreme weight loss, frequent and long lasting infections, itchy skin and breathlessness. If going to see your doctor will make you feel more at rest this is Absolutely fine to do, doctors much prefer you go and see them and it be nothing than not going to see them and it being discovered it is something major. From what you have described these lumps do not sounds like they are cancerous but checking with a doctor for yourself would be a good option to settle your mind.

Don't be scared, be brave and go and see a specialist immediately so that they can do all the necessary tests. Never wait this long again please just make an appointment as soon as possible. Keep your faith and stay positive until you know for sure. Good luck to you and remember you have your family to stand by you and all our yahoo buddies as well!!

As you explain most of these lumps are palpable and painless, suggesting they are not cancerous, Lymphnodes often become inflamed post colds, flus and other infections and can remains inflamed sometimes forever. I have a lymphnode just below my ear that is palpable but feels hard that my doctor told me would probably stay there forever. if your can move these lumps from side to side this is also a positive sign. If you feel very worried I would go back and see your doctor again to have all of them checked just to put your mind at rest. As you have had them for a very long time I would expect you would have had other symptoms of lymphoma is you did actually have it, these include, night sweats, severe abdominal pain, fevers, extreme weight loss, frequent and long lasting infections, itchy skin and breathlessness. If going to see your doctor will make you feel more at rest this is Absolutely fine to do, doctors much prefer you go and see them and it be nothing than not going to see them and it being discovered it is something major. From what you have described these lumps do not sounds like they are cancerous but checking with a doctor for yourself would be a good option to settle your mind.

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Hi there, My name is Dr. Azri@Dr. Don and my patient had kidney problem and very sad about it, but now he is already cure in the year 2006, he suffer a lot from 1998, but finaly i introduce to him "Biodisc", and ask him to use it, after 3 month i stop treating him because many improvement, and now he is the happiess guy in the world because now he cured using the Biodisc, after that i also try it to a cancer patient who already spent USD100,000 trying to keep alive, his father bought the biodisc and used it after 6 month later the person was cure! Fantastic! I said , i'm very amzed with the biodisc and now i'm helping many people to cured from other desese, i never see such a wonderful product! Just run over plain water onto the biodisc and give the patient to drink the water, generally the Bio Disc is designed to increase your harmony and energy levels every day. With ongoing research and development, continues to provide quality of wellness and balanced lifestyle and an improved mind, body and soul. I just share this information for because today many people were suffer from this cancer and do not know the answer to this terible sickeness. You can watch this video of me and the cancer patient in this youtube website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=080cZPiG-ZM refered IR ID: HC054241

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Don't be scared, be brave and go and see a specialist immediately so that they can do all the necessary tests. Never wait this long again please just make an appointment as soon as possible. Keep your faith and stay positive until you know for sure. Good luck to you and remember you have your family to stand by you and all our yahoo buddies as well!!

Jane

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