The last time you visited your doctor for a sore throat, they may have felt for potential inflammation in your neck. That’s because infections often cause swollen lymph nodes (medically known as ...

A swollen lymph node can be a bit like your body’s version of a red flag: When one of these bean-shaped clusters of immune cells in your neck, armpit, or groin puffs up, it’s typically an indication ...

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...

Swollen lymph nodes in your neck often mean that your body is fighting an infection. See a doctor if you have painful, swollen lymph nodes or if they persist for weeks or worsen. You can treat swollen ...

COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. It commonly causes coughing, fever, and difficulty breathing, but the symptoms can vary widely. Sometimes, COVID-19 may also cause ...

When the body fights an infection or injury, lymph nodes sometimes swell. Doctors call this a reactive lymph node. Treatment can depend on the cause. Lymph nodes house white blood cells. These cells ...

Whether you’re experiencing a fever, a sore throat, a headache, or a dry cough, we’ve all asked ourselves the question: is this allergies or something else? More specifically, if the glands around ...

Among the range of uncomfortable symptoms, swollen lymph nodes tend to spark feelings of dread. They can become quite large, feel tender to the touch, and signal a wide variety of illnesses, from ...

Cancer can begin anywhere in the body when harmful cells multiply out of control and crowd out normal, healthy cells. Cancer cells can travel through the lymph system after breaking away from the ...

A variety of factors go in to the staging of a head and neck cancer diagnosis, however, the number of malignant lymph nodes may very well be the key to prognosis and treatment moving forward in this ...

The number of positive lymph nodes can help guide treatment for locally advanced head and neck cancer, according to a recent study. In planning adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in some patients with ...

(KUTV) Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer, which is why in the past, if this type of cancer had spread, it meant lymph node removal. However, new research show there might be a better ...