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MoiraWolf Posts: 3410
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Probably just bad luck. Lymph nodes filter the fluid that is between the muscles and everything else. Not blood, but that lubricating fluid that keeps everything from rubbing against other things. Think of it as oil for the body's engine. Anything that affects the whole body can cause a lymph node to swell. Lymph doesn't have an exit system from the body, like blood that gets filtered thru the kidneys and then voided from the body via the bladder. So, any infections you get can cuase a gland to swell. Is it just the one gland? Or a bunch of them? Just as a "fun fact" the "Black Death" was named because of the lymph glands. The body would get infected, the lymph glands would swell with the filtered infection, there was no way for them to drain, so they'd die and turn black, and then a lot of times, burst thru the skin to drain. That's how it got it's name. Cancer such as Hodgkins Lymphoma can also cause a lymph gland to swell, as can metastisized cancer. But 99.9% of the time, it's just a small time bacterial or viral infection and it resolves once the source of the infection is identified and treated. I had my lymph glands in my neck swell back in 1999, went thru 2 rounds of antibiotics, didn't help. They thought I had Hodgekins. But when they biopsied the glands, found just one of those antibiotic resistant bugs, so put me on a stronger antibiotic for almost a month and it finally cleared up. I don't know of any connection between lymph glands and Fibro, but someone else might've heard about it. I am not a medical doctor and any medical opinion I give is based on personal experience and/or research. It is not intended to suppliment or replace your doctor. Follow at your own risk.
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