Symptoms of tuberculous lymphadenitis

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Tuberculous lymphadenitis is not infectious, it is secondary to the infection of other tuberculosis lesions in the body. Not all tuberculosis are infectious. In tuberculosis patients, only those with tuberculosis bacteria in sputum detected by microscopy are infectious. Symptoms of tuberculous lymphadenitis? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of tuberculous lymphadenitis

It mostly occurs in children and adolescents, occasionally in young and middle-aged people. The most common sites are submandibular, submental, deep superior cervical and superficial cervical lymph nodes. Others, such as parotid lymph nodes, can also occur. In mild cases, only lymphadenopathy was found without systemic symptoms; Severe can be accompanied by physical weakness, anemia or low fever, night sweats, fatigue and other symptoms.

Local lymph nodes are slowly enlarged, increased in number, different in size, hard in quality, generally painless, with a long course of disease, single or multiple clusters, and no adhesion with surrounding tissues. The lesion continued to develop, and the center of lymph node was caseous necrosis, gradually liquefied and ulcerated.

Can affect the surface of the skin, make the skin dark red, thin, resulting in the formation of tuberculous cold abscess. Local soft, fluctuating, and through the skin to form a sinus, overflow thin pus, can contain yellow or gray caseous, the wound does not heal for a long time.

matters needing attention

1. Develop good living habits, don't stay up late and have more rest. 2. Keep a good attitude, stable mood, have healthy eating habits, usually eat more fruits and vegetables, improve self immunity. 3. Keep away from smoke, alcohol, drugs, radiation, pesticides, noise, volatile harmful gases, toxic and harmful heavy metals, etc., and don't eat spicy food like pepper. 4. Keep optimistic and happy mood, avoid anger, depression and excessive thinking. 5. Take active exercise, exercise reasonably, and strengthen the physique.