Swollen Lymph Nodes or Lymphadenopathy: also referred to as lymph glands or lymphadenopathy, are an important part of the immune system. {Video at the end of this article}

Lymph nodes are located throughout the body. Some are directly under the skin while others are deep inside the body. Even the most superficial (close to the skin) lymph nodes usually are not visible or palpable (felt by touching), unless they are swollen or enlarged. Lymph nodes are connected to each other by loosely bound lymphatic vessels. Lymph nodes generally coalesce in different regions in the body where they are responsible for filtering the blood and performing their immunologic function for that particular area of the body. Fluid from the lymphatic vessels eventually feeds into the venous system (veins) in the body.

Not all swollen lymph nodes are abnormal.

Gland swelling commonly refers to enlargement of the lymph glands, also known as lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small rounded or bean-shaped masses of lymphatic tissue surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue. Lymph glands (nodes) are located in many places in the lymphatic system throughout the body. Lymph nodes filter the lymphatic fluid and store special cells that can trap cancer cells or bacteria that are traveling through the body in the lymph fluid. The lymph nodes are critical for the body’s immune response and are principal sites where many immune reactions are initiated.

Groups of lymph nodes are found in the neck, around the collarbone, in the armpit (axilla), and in the groin. Lymph nodes in the groin region are referred to as inguinal lymph nodes. During a physical examination, a doctor may feel (palpate) these areas to look for swollen or enlarged lymph glands.

Swelling of the lymph glands is typically a result of local or widespread inflammation, but sometimes enlarged lymph nodes are due to cancer. Swollen lymph glands are referred to as lymphadenopathy. Inflammation of a lymph node is referred to as lymphadenitis.

Symptoms of swollen lymph nodes include

• localized pain,
• swelling,
• tenderness, and
• warmth in the involved area.

Sometimes swollen lymph nodes cause no symptoms (referred to as asymptomatic lymph node swelling). Symptoms that can be associated with lymph node swelling, depending on the cause, include

• night sweats,
• fever,
• chills,
• weight loss,
• poor appetite, and
• infection.

Other glands that are sometimes perceptible when swollen are the tonsils, parotid glands, salivary glands, tear (lacrimal) glands, and the thyroid gland.

Other causes of swollen lymph nodes

• Bacterial Infections
• Fungal Infection
• Parasite Infections
• Silicone Particles in Body (Finger or Toe Joint Implants, Breast Implants)
• Viral Infections (Most Common Cause of Gland Swelling)

Swollen lymph glands are typically a result of local or widespread inflammation, but sometimes enlarged lymph nodes are due to cancer.

Symptoms of swollen lymph nodes include:

• Swelling
• Localized pain
• Warmth in the involved area
• Tenderness

Lymph nodes in various parts of the body may become swollen for different reasons. People can often see swollen lymph nodes

• on the neck,
• behind the ear,
• at the base of the skull (occipital area),
• under the jaw,
• above the collar bone,
• under the arms, and
• around the groin.

Swollen lymph nodes on the side of the neck or under the jaw

Swollen lymph nodes on the side of the neck or under the jaw are the most common. They may represent an infection around that area, such as a tooth infection or abscess, throat infection, viral illness, or upper respiratory infection. Most of the causes of swollen lymph nodes in this area are benign (noncancerous) but sometimes swelling of these lymph nodes may also suggest cancer in the head and neck area.

Swollen lymph nodes behind the ear and in the occipital area (base of the skull)

Swollen lymph nodes behind the ear or in the base of the skull may correspond to an infection around the scalp or possibly an eye (conjunctival) infection. The most common causes of swollen scalp lymph nodes are skin conditions affecting the scalp, such as dandruff (seborrheic dermatitis), an abscess, or soft tissue infection.

The lymph nodes in the underarm (armpit, axilla)

The lymph nodes in the underarm are anatomically important in breast cancer. They are often checked physically in patients undergoing investigation for breast cancer. They also play an important role in staging (determining the extent) and predicting the outcome of breast cancer during the removal of the cancer tissue from the breast. Many cancers including lymphoma and leukemia can cause enlargement of these lymph nodes. (Lymphomas are cancers that originate in the lymph nodes.) These lymph nodes can also become reactive and enlarge due to trauma or an infection of the arm on the same side.

Enlarged lymph nodes above the collarbone

Enlarged lymph nodes above the collarbone (supraclavicular lymphadenopathy) are always considered abnormal. These generally suggest cancer or an infection in the region close by. Examples include lung infection, lung cancer, lymphoma in the chest cavity, or breast cancer. Occasionally cancers that are more distant may seed these lymph nodes, such as genital cancers or colon cancer. Some inflammatory causes of the swollen lymph nodes above the collarbone (clavicle) can include tuberculosis or sarcoidosis.

Swollen lymph nodes in the groin: Swollen lymph nodes in the groin may be normal in young people but they could also result from some sexually transmitted diseases, local infections, infections of a lower extremity (including the foot and toes), or genital cancers.

There are many causes for swollen lymph nodes, sometimes referred to as “swollen glands” (lymphadenopathy or lymphadenitis). In general, lymph nodes become swollen when they are active due to either a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection, inflammation, or cancer.

Viral infections

Viral infections are the most common cause of swollen lymph nodes. The most common causes are viral upper respiratory infections such as the common cold. Viruses that can cause swollen lymph nodes include the following:

Viruses

• Infectious mononucleosis (mono)
• Chickenpox
• Measles
• HIV
• Herpes
• Common cold viruses
• Adenovirus etc.

Inflammation

Inflammatory and immunologic causes of swollen lymph nodes include diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus as well as sensitivity to some medications.

Cancer

Many cancers can also cause swelling of lymph nodes. These cancers may originate from the lymph nodes or blood cells such as lymphomas and some types of leukemia. They may also be metastatic cancers (cancers that spread from another organ in the body). For example, breast cancer may spread to the nearest axilla lymph nodes (in the underarm), or lung cancer may spread to the lymph nodes around the collarbone.

Other causes of swollen lymph nodes

There are many other less common causes of swelling of nodes, such as genetic lipid storage diseases, transplant graft rejections, sarcoidosis, and many other conditions.

Lymph node swelling is not always a sign of an underlying disease. Sometimes swollen lymph nodes can be normal. For example, small (less than 1 centimeter), flat lymph nodes under the jaw (submandibular lymph nodes) in healthy children and young adults or small (up to 2 centimeters), groin lymph nodes (inguinal lymph nodes) in young individuals may be normal.

In many instances, a definitive cause for swollen lymph nodes may not be determined even after performing a thorough examination and testing.

Symptoms of swollen lymph nodes vary widely. A person could be asymptomatic (completely free of symptoms) and swollen lymph nodes may only be found when a doctor notes them during a general physical examination.

Swollen lymph nodes can sometimes be extremely tender, painful, and disfiguring.

Other signs and symptoms related to an underlying disease accompanying the lymph node swelling may be more significant and clinically relevant than the lymph node swelling alone. Signs and symptoms of more serious medical conditions that may cause swollen lymph nodes may include:

• Fever
• Night sweats
• Weight loss
• Loss of appetite
• Abdominal pain
• Swelling of multiple lymph nodes or only an isolated one
• Localized red patches of the skin over the lymph nodes
• Hard lumps or masses felt under the skin in the area of the swollen lymph node
• Sore throat or runny nose
• Local infections (toothache, sore throat)

Swollen lymph nodes closer to the surface of the body are generally diagnosed by examination and feeling for areas known to have coalescence of lymph nodes, for example, swollen lymph nodes under the arms (axillary lymph nodes), swollen lymph nodes in the sides of the neck (cervical lymph nodes), or swollen lymph nodes in the groin (inguinal lymph nodes). These swollen lymph nodes can be seen and felt easily.

Deeper lymph nodes could be seen in imaging studies, such as CT scans (computed tomography), of different parts of the body.

Tonsils in the throat are also lymph nodes, and they are the most visible ones in the body.

Diagnosing the cause of swollen lymph nodes may be challenging. The most important component of evaluating a swollen lymph node is a thorough medical history and a complete physical examination. The doctor may ask about symptoms such as sore throat, fever, chills, fatigue, weight loss, a complete list of medications, sexual activity, vaccination history, recent travels, and the patient’s own and his/her family’s previous history of cancers if any.

A group of lymph nodes in a particular area of the body reacts to disturbances in that general region. If there is a specific infection in the region of the swollen lymph nodes, that may be the most likely cause of the swelling. For instance, infections of the leg or some sexually transmitted diseases can cause swelling of the lymph nodes in the groin area.

Physicians usually examine the lymph nodes by feeling them and characterize them based on what the lymph nodes feel like. They could be characterized as follows:

• Large or small
• Tender or non-tender
• Fixed or mobile
• Hard or soft
• Firm or rubbery

These characteristics can be useful in suggesting the cause of lymph node swelling. For example, a hard, non-tender, non-moveable lymph node may be more characteristic of a cancer spread to that node. On the other hand, a soft, tender, moveable lymph node could more likely represent an infection.

If the enlarged lymph nodes are suspected to be related to cancer, then a biopsy of the lymph node may determine the cancer type. For example, a swollen lymph node around the collar bone (supraclavicular lymph node), may signify lung cancer in a person who may have other clinical clues suggestive of lung cancer.

In allopathy there is no specific treatment for swollen lymph nodes. The underlying cause needs to be treated, which may result in the resolution of the swollen lymph node.

If an enlarged lymph node causes local discomfort, home remedies include a warm, wet compress to help with pain relief.

Over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers may be used to help reduce swelling and pain.

Prescription corticosteroid medications  may also be used for swelling.

Viral infections may be treated with antiviral medications.

Bacterial infections may be treated with antibiotics.

Treatment for cancer may consist of chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery.

Medications to treat autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus may be prescribed.

Homeopathic Treatment of Lymph Nodes

Calceria Iodata

Scrofulous affections, especially enlarged glands, tonsils, etc, that this remedy has gained marked beneficial results. Thyroid enlargements.

ENT: Enlarged tonsils are filled with little crypts. Chronic cough; Pain in chest, difficulty breathing after syphilis and mercurialization. Hectic fever; green purulent expectoration. Croup. Pneumonia.

Skin: Indolent ulcers, accompanying varicose veins. Easy perspiration. Copper-colored and papulous eruptions, tinea, favus, crusta lactea, swelling of the glands, skin cracked, falling out of hair.

Calceria Flora

A powerful tissue remedy for hard, stony glands, varicose and enlarged veins, and malnutrition of bones. Hard knots in female breast. Goiter. Congenital hereditary syphilis. Induration threatening suppuration. There is indolent glandular enlargements of the cervical and lymphatic glands with hardness, enlargement of the bronchial and mesenteric glands, worse in damp weather and better from hot fomentations and rubbing. Creaking noise in head. Blood-tumors of new-born infants. Hard excrescences on the scalp. Ulcers on the scalp with callous, hard edges. Hard swelling on the cheek, with pain or toothache, hard swelling on jaw-bone. Ganglia or encysted tumors at the back of the wrist. Gouty enlargements of the joints of the fingers. Exostoses on fingers. Chronic synovitis of knee-joint.

ENT: Flickering and sparks before the eyes, spots on the cornea; conjunctivitis; cataract. Strums phlyctemular keratitis. Subcutaneous palpebral cysts. Calcareous deposits on tympanum; sclerosis of ossicular and petrous portion of temporal bone, with deafness, ringing and roaring. Chronic suppuration of middle ear. Copious, offensive, thick, greenish, lumpy, yellow nasal catarrh. Atrophic rhinitis, especially if crusts are prominent. Hard swelling on the jaw.

Vomiting. Vomiting of undigested food. Hiccough. Flatulency. Weakness and daintiness of appetite, nausea and distress after eating.

Calceria Carbonica

Increased local and general perspiration, swelling of glands, scrofulous and rachitic conditions. Abscesses in deep muscles; polyps and exostoses. Pituitary and thyroid disfunction. Increased mucous secretions, prone to diarrhea. Scrofulous inflammation with muco-purulent otorrhea, and enlarged glands. Submaxillary glands swollen. Goiter. Swelling of tonsils and submaxillary glands; stitches on swallowing. Hawking-up of mucus. Difficult swallowing. Parotid fistula. Loss of appetite. Pain in epigastric region to touch.

Liver region painful when stooping. Cutting in abdomen; swollen abdomen. Incarcerated flatulence. Inguinal and mesenteric glands swollen and painful.  Hot swelling breasts. Breasts tender and swollen before menses. Milk too abundant; disagreeable to child. Deficient lactation, with distended breasts in lymphatic women. Much sweat about external genitals.

Swelling of joints, especially knee. Sweat of hands. Arthritic nodosities. Fever with sweat. Pulse full and frequent. Chilliness and heat. Partial sweats. Night sweats, especially on head, neck and chest.

Sin: Unhealthy; readily ulcerating; flaccid. Small wounds do not heal readily. Glands swollen. Nettle rash

Baryta Carb

Affects glandular structures, and useful in general degenerative changes, especially in coats of arteries, aneurism, and senility. Hypertrophied prostate or indurated testes, swollen nodes in neck and axilla (armpit).  Arterial fibrosis. Glands around ears painful and swollen.  Submaxillary glands and tonsils swollen.

Hard and tense, distended. Colicky. Enlarged mesenteric glands. Pain in abdomen swallowing food. Habitual colic, with hunger, but food is refused. Enlarged prostate. Testicles indurated. Swollen glands in nape of occiput. Fatty tumors about neck.  Pain in axillary glands.

Scrophularia Nodosa

A powerful medicine whenever enlarged glands, inflammation and suppuration of the glands are present. Has a specific affinity for the breast; very useful in the dissipation of breast tumors. Scrofulous swellings. Tubercular testis. Epithelioma. Nodosities in the breasts.  Pain in liver on pressure. Colic below navel. Pain in sigmoid flexure and rectum.

Conium Maculatum

Cancerous diathesis. Arterio-sclerosis. Caries of sternum. Enlarged glands. swollen lymph nodes that are painful. In most cases needing it, the pain is tingling and shooting in nature. Breasts enlarge and become painful before and during menses. Axillary glands pain, with numb feeling down arm. Induration after contusions. Yellow skin, with papular eruption; yellow finger-nails. Glands enlarged and indurated, also mesenteric. Flying stitches through the glands. Tumors, piercing pains; worse, at night. Chronic ulcers with fetid discharge. Sweat as soon as one sleeps, or even when closing eyes. Night and morning sweat, with offensive odor, and smarting in skin.

Graphites

Anaemia with redness of face. Tendency to obesity. Swollen genitals. Enlargement of glands of axilla, groin and neck with skin symptoms. The abdomen is large and hard. Cancer of pylorus. Duodenal ulcer. Constrictive pain in stomach. Recurrent gastralgia. Flatulence. Fullness and hardness in abdomen. Chronic diarrhoea, stools brownish, liquid, undigested, offensive. Very fetid gas preceded by colic.

Hoarseness, coryza, cough, sweats and morning sickness. Leucorrhoea, pale, thin, profuse, white, excoriating, with great weakness in back. Mammae swollen and hard. Induration of ovaries and uterus and mammae. Nipples sore, cracked, and blistered. Decided aversion to coitus.

Merc Sol

This medicine is mainly helpful for cases having swelling of inguinal lymph nodes (in the groin), Stabbing pain, with chilliness. The pain gets worse while walking and standing. Swelling of nodes in the neck. Liver enlarged; sore to touch, indurated. Jaundice. Bile secreted deficiently. Almost constantly moist. Vesicular and pustular eruptions. Ulcers, irregular in shape, edges undefined. Glands swell every time patient takes cold. Buboes. Orchitis.

Stool: Greenish, bloody and slimy, worse at night, with pain and tenesmus.

Menses profuse, with abdominal pains. Leucorrhoea excoriating, greenish and bloody. Mammae painful and full of milk at menses.

Fever: Generally gastric or bilious, with profuse nightly perspiration; debility, slow and lingering. Heat and shuddering alternately. Yellow perspiration. Profuse perspiration without relief. Creeping chilliness, worse in the evening and into night. Alternate flashes of heat in single parts.

Merc Iodide

Throat affections, with greatly swollen glands and characteristic coating of tongue. Worse, right side. Chancre; induration remains long time. Swollen inguinal glands, large and hard. Mammary tumors, with tendency to much warm perspiration and gastric disturbances. Lacunar tonsillitis. When only the superficial part of the tonsil is involved. Cheesy exudates with offensive breath. Swelling begins on right side. Small ulcers on posterior pharynx. Easily detached patches on inflamed pharynx and fauces; worse on right tonsil; much tenacious mucus. Sensation of a lump. Constant inclination to swallow.

Belladonna

It has a marked action on the vascular system, skin and glands, glands swollen, tender, red.. Glandular swelling threatening suppuration. They may be in the axillary region or swellings of the mammie which are heavy , red and sensitive. Another character is red streaks radiating from the inflamed gland with great heat and stitching pains. Parotid gland swollen. Sensitive to loud tones. Hearing very acute. Otitis media. Pain causes delirium.

Tonsils enlarged; throat feels constricted; difficult deglutition; worse, liquids. Sensation of a lump. Loss of appetite. Swelling of glands of neck. Pain in nape.

Abdomen: Distended, hot. Transverse colon protrudes like a pad. Tender, swollen. Stool thin, green, dysenteric; in lumps like chalk. Prostatic hypertrophy. Testicles hard, drawn up, inflamed. Nocturnal sweat of genitals. Flow of prostatic fluid.

Dryness and heat of vagina. Dragging around loins. Pain in sacrum. Menses increased; bright red, too early, too profuse. Hemorrhage hot. Cutting pain from hip to hip. Menses and lochia very offensive and hot. Breasts feel heavy; are hard and red. Tumors of breast, pain worse lying down. Badly smelling hemorrhages, hot gushes of blood.

Joints swollen, red, shining, with red streaks radiating. Tottering gait. Shifting rheumatic pains. Phlegmasia alba dolens. Jerking limbs. Spasms. Involuntary limping.

Lapis Albus

Affections of glands, goiter, pre-ulcerative stage of carcinoma. Burning, stinging pain in breast, stomach, and uterus. Connective tissue about glands specially affected. Scrofulous affections, except in malarial cases. Uterine carcinoma. Fibroid tumors with intense burning pains through the part with profuse hemorrhage. Glands have a certain elasticity and pliability .Glandular hardening.

Skin: Scrofulous abscesses and sores. Enlargement and induration of glands, especially cervical. Lipoma, sarcoma, carcinoma. Pruritus.

Ailanthus Glandulosa

This remedy shows by its peculiar skin symptoms its pronounced power of disorganizing the blood, causing conditions we meet with in low fevers, low types of eruptive diseases, diphtheria, follicular tonsillitis, Streptococcus infection, Hemorrhagic diathesis, etc. The skin appears livid or purplish; face dark as mahogany, hot; sordes; throat swollen, purple, livid; semi-conscious, delirious; weak pulse, general torpor and prostration.

Throat: Inflamed, oedematous, dusky red. Much swelling, internal and external. Dry, rough, scraping, choking feeling. Neck tender and swollen. Hoarse, croupy voice. Tongue dry and brown. Teeth covered with sordes. Pain in swallowing extends to the ears.

Skin: Miliary, livid rash, returns annually. Large blisters filled with dark serum. Irregular, patchy, livid eruption, disappearing on pressure. Cold. Raynaud’s disease.

Iodum

Iodum is one of the top medicine for all glandular structures, respiratory organs, circulatory system the enlargement of glands, including tonsils, with withering of the entire body, the muscles shrink and all the skin wrinkles, except mammary glands which dwindle , all glands are enlarged. Larynx feels constricted. Eustachian deafness. Thyroid enlarged. Goiter, with sensation of constriction. Swollen submaxillary glands. Uvula swollen. Liver and spleen sore and enlarged. Jaundice. Mesenteric glands enlarged. Pancreatic disease. Cutting pain in abdomen. Diarrhea, whitish, frothy, fatty.

Acute exacerbation of chronic inflammation. Arthritis deformans. Acts prominently on connective tissue. Goiter. Abnormal vaso-constriction, capillary congestion followed by edema, ecchymosis, hemorrhages. Joints inflamed and painful. Pain in bones at night. White swelling. Gonorrheal rheumatism. Rheumatism of nape and upper extremities.  Glands enlarged. Nodosities. Anasarca of cardiac disease.

Testicles swollen and indurated. Hydrocele. Loss of sexual power, with atrophied testes. Menstruation irregular. Uterine hemorrhage. Ovaritis.

Wedge-like pain from ovary to uterus. Dwindling of mammary glands. Nodosities in skin of mammie. Acrid leucorrhoea, thick, slimy.

Flushes of heat all over body. Marked fever, restlessness, red cheeks, apathetic. Profuse sweat.

Carbo Animalis

Carbo animalis is another excellent medicine for glandular swellings especially adapted to scrofulous and venous constitutions. The glands enlarge slowly and then they stay. They do not suppurate , nor do they enlarge much, they are hard. Burning and griping. Weak digestion. Flatulence. Ptomaine poisoning. Repugnance to fat food. Glands indurated, swollen, painful, in neck, axillae, groin, mammie; pains lancinating, cutting, burning. Burning, rawness and fissures; moisture. Bubo. Night sweat fetid and profuse.

Burning in vagina and labia. Darting in breast; painful indurations in breast, especially right. Cancer of uterus, burning pain down thighs.

Rhus Toxicodendrone

Throat: Sore, with swollen glands. Sticking pain on swallowing. Parotitis.  Pain in maxillary joint. Swollen face, erysipelas. Cheek bones sensitive to touch.  Lobules swollen. Discharge of bloody pus.

Swollen, red, oedematous; orbital cellulitis. Pustular inflammations. Photophobia; profuse flow of yellow pus.

Nausea, vertigo, and bloated abdomen after eating. Swelling of inguinal glands. Pain in region of ascending colon. Diarrhoea of blood, slime, and reddish mucus. Dysentery, with tearing pains down thighs.

Male: Swelling of glands and prepuce-dark-red erysipelatous; scrotum thick, swollen, oedematous. Itching intense.

Female: Swelling, with intense itching of vulva. Pelvic articulations stiff when beginning to move. Menses early, profuse, and prolonged, acrid.

Extremities: Hot, painful swelling of joints. Pains tearing in tendons, ligaments, and fasciae.

Skin: Red, swollen; itching intense. Vesicles, herpes; urticaria; pemphigus; erysipelas; vesicular suppurative forms. Glands swollen. Cellulitis. Burning eczematous eruptions with tendency to scale formation.

Aconitum Lycotonum

Breasts inflammation. Swelling of the mammary glands.. Constipation. Diarrhea. Glands, enlargement of. Hodgkin’s disease. Swelling of the cervical glands, axillary and mammary glands and even where Hodgkin’s disease has been suspected. Purulent discharge from ears; redness behind them. Tension in facial muscles.-Hard tuberculous pimples on face. Skin of face becomes light brown. Numbness of jaw. Aversion to food. Eruption of hot, red, slightly painful spots on legs and toes.

Itching at vulva. Menstrual blood fetid. Excoriation of bend of thigh after menses. Leucorrhoea viscid.

Aethusa Cynapium

Burning and pustules in throat, with difficult swallowing. glandular swelling , where swelling of glands round neck like a string of beads. Photophobia; swelling of Meibomian glands. Violent vomiting of a white frothy matter.  Easy perspiration. Surface of body cold and covered with clammy sweat. Lymphatic glands swollen. Itching eruption around joints. Skin of hands dry and shrunken. Ecchymosis.

Muriaticum Acidum

Uvula swollen. Ulcers and false membrane. Edematous, dark, raw. Attempted swallowing produces spasm and choking. Aphthous mouth. Gums and glands swollen. Fetid Breath. Sores on teeth. Papular and vesicular eruptions, with great itching. Carbuncles; foul-smelling ulcers on lower extremities. Scarlet fever, livid, with petechiae; scanty eruption. Eczema on back of hands.

Menses appear too soon. Leucorrhoea. During menses, soreness of anus. Ulcer in genitals.

Phytolacca Decandra

Syphilitic bone pains; chronic rheumatism. Sore throat, quinsy, and diphtheria. Tetanus and opisthotonos. Decrease of weight. Glandular swelling with heat and inflammation. It is useful for tumors of breast with enlarged axillary glands. Sore spot in right hypochondrium. Rheumatism of abdominal muscles.

Throat: Dark red or bluish red. Much pain at root of tongue; soft palate and tonsils swollen. Tonsils swollen, especially right; dark-red appearance. Shooting pain into ears on swallowing. Pseudomembranous exudation, grayish white; thick, tenacious yellowish mucus, difficult to dislodge. Tension and pressure in parotid gland. Mumps. Follicular pharyngitis.

Female: Mastitis; mammae hard and very sensitive. Tumors of the breasts with enlarged axillary glands. Cancer of breast. Breast is hard, painful and of purple hue. Mammary abscess. Irritable breasts, before and during menses. Galactorrhoea.  Ovarian neuralgia.

Male: Painful induration of testicles. Shooting along perineum to penis.

Skin: Itches, becomes dry, shrunken, pale. Papular and pustular lesions. Most useful in early stages of cutaneous diseases. Disposition to boils, and when sloughing occurs. Squamous eruptions. Syphilitic eruptions. Swelling and induration of glands. Venereal buboes. Scarlatina-like rash. Warts and moles.

Apis melifistida

Lids swollen, red, oedematous, everted, inflamed; burn and sting. Conjunctiva bright red, puffy. Lachrymation hot. Photophobia. Sudden piercing pains. Pain around orbits. Serous exudation, oedema, and sharp pains.  Membrane of mouth and throat glossy, as if varnished. Red, shining, and puffy, like erysipelas. Cancer of the tongue. Constricted, stinging pains. Uvula swollen, sac-like. Throat swollen, inside and out; tonsils swollen, puffy, fiery red. Ulcers on tonsils. Fiery red margin around leathery membrane. Sudden puffing up of whole body.

Edema of labia; relieved by cold water. Soreness and stinging pains; ovaritis; worse in right ovary. Dysmenorrhoea, with severe ovarian pains. Metrorrhagia profuse, with heavy abdomen, faintness, stinging pain. Ovarian tumors, metritis with stinging pains. Great tenderness over abdomen and uterine region.

Extremities: Edematous. Synovitis. Felon in beginning. Knee swollen, shiny, sensitive, sore, with stinging pain. Feet swollen and stiff. Feel too large. Rheumatic pain in back and limbs; Tired, bruised feeling. Numbness of hands and tips of fingers. Hives with intolerable itching. Edematous swellings.

Gelsemium

Difficult swallowing, especially of warm food. Itching and tickling in soft palate and nasopharynx. Pain in sterno-cleido-mastoid, back of parotid. Tonsils swollen. Throat feels rough, burning. Post-diphtheritic paralysis. Tonsillitis; shooting pain into ear. Feeling of a lump in throat that cannot be swallowed. Aphonia. Swallowing causes pain in ear. Difficult swallowing. Pain from throat to ear. Enlargement and inflammation of lymphatic gland with fever without thirst coming at 10 and 11 am and completely subsiding by evening. Cerebral symptoms such as distressing in head, vertigo etc may be present.

Ammonium Carbonicum

Malignant scarlatina, with somnolence, swollen glands, dark red sore throat, faintly developed eruption. Uraemia. Heaviness in all organs. Uncleanness in bodily habits. Swelling of parts, glands. Burning of eyes with aversion to light. Enlarged tonsils and glands of neck. Burning pain all down throat. Tendency to gangrenous ulceration of tonsils.

Male: Itching and pain of scrotum and spermatic cords.

Female: Itching, swelling and burning of pudendum. Leucorrhoea burning, acrid, watery. Menses too frequent, profuse, early, copious, clotted, black; colicky pains, and hard, difficult stool, with fatigue, especially of thighs.

Violent itching and burning blisters. Scarlet rash. Miliary rash. Malignant scarlatina. Faintly developed eruptions from defective vitality. Erysipelas in the aged, with brain symptoms. Eczema in the bends of extremities, between legs, about anus and genitals.

Chamomilla

Night-sweats. Hot, clammy sweat on forehead and scalp. Parotid and submaxillary glands swollen. Constriction and pain.  Distended. Griping in region of navel, and pain in small of back. Flatulent colic, after anger, with red cheeks and hot perspiration. Hepatic colic. Acute duodenitis.

Stool: Hot, green, watery, fetid, slimy, with colic. Chopped white and yellow mucus like chopped eggs and spinach. Soreness of anus. Diarrhea during dentition. Hemorrhoids, with painful fissures.

Nipples inflamed; tender to touch. Infant’s breasts tender. Yellow, acrid leucorrhoea.

Kalium Bichromicum

Cirrhosis of liver. General weakness. Mucous membranes everywhere are affected. Catarrh of pharynx, larynx, bronchi and nose, and a tough, stringy, viscid secretion is produced, which condition is a very strong guiding symptom for this medicine. Perforation of the septum. Chronic atonic catarrh. Polypus. Dilatation of stomach and heart. Supra-orbital neuralgia, right side. Eyelids burn, swollen, oedematous. Discharge ropy and yellow. Ulcers on cornea; no pain or photophobia.

Parotid glands swollen. Uvula relaxed, oedematous, bladder-like. Pseudo-membranous deposit on tonsils and soft palate. Burning extending to stomach. Aphthae. Diphtheria, with profound prostration and soft pulse. Discharge from mouth and throat, tough and stringy.

Stitches in region of liver and spleen. Cutting pain in abdomen, soon after eating. Chronic intestinal ulceration. Soreness in right hypochondrium, fatty infiltration of liver and increase in soft fibrous tissue. Painful retraction, soreness and burning.

Itching and pain of penis, with pustules. Ulcers, with paroxysmal stitches; aggravated at night. Constriction at root of penis, at night on awakening. Syphilitic ulcers, with cheesy, tenacious exudation.

Yellow, tenacious leucorrhoea. Pruritus of vulva, with great burning and excitement. Prolapses uteri.

Bromium

Swelling of ovaries. Menses too early; too profuse, with membranous shreds. Low spirited before menses. Tumor in breasts, with stitching pains; worse left. Stitch pains from breast to axillae. Sharp shooting pain in left breast. Glandular swelling. Hardness of glands without tendency to suppurate. Useful for swelling of testicles.

There may be complications associated with enlarged lymph nodes. If the lymph node swelling is related to an infection that is not treated, then an abscess (a pus-containing cavity) may result, which may require incisional drainage and treatment. The skin underlying the enlarged lymph node may also become infected.

In other cases, the lymph node may become very large and compress other nearby structures in the body. This could be a serious and debilitating problem that may require immediate medical or surgical attention. For example, the lymph node in the underarm (axilla) can compress the blood vessels and nerves supplying the arm. An enlarged lymph node inside the abdomen may compress the intestines and cause an obstruction of the intestines.

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