What symptom is lymphadenitis?

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Lymphadenitis is a kind of nonspecific inflammation caused by acute and chronic inflammation in the drainage area of lymph nodes, such as axillary lymphadenitis caused by infection of upper limb, breast, chest wall, back and abdominal wall above umbilicus; Inguinal lymphadenitis may occur in lower limbs, abdominal wall below umbilicus, perineum and buttocks; Head, face, mouth, neck and shoulder infection, causing submandibular and cervical lymphadenitis. Lymphadenitis can be divided into acute lymphadenitis and chronic lymphadenitis according to the onset and duration of disease. What symptom is lymphadenitis? Let's talk about it

What symptom is lymphadenitis?

Lymph node enlargement. Beyond the normal size of lymph nodes (1-2 mm to 1 cm), tenderness, redness, swelling and adhesion, may be acute inflammation. There was no redness and swelling on the surface of chronic disease, but swelling and discomfort, mild tenderness. When suffering from tumor metastasis or lymphoid tissue tumor originated from hematopoietic system, the lymph nodes are swollen, fused into pieces, inactive, no tenderness, and mild discomfort. If you touch supraclavicular lymph nodes, trochlear lymph nodes, you need to be alert whether there is tumor metastasis.

It has the characteristics of primary disease: for example, inflammation is often accompanied by local focus redness, swelling, heat and pain, and the whole body may have fever with leukocytosis; Virus infection is accompanied by fever and rash, cervical lymph nodes swelling, or pain, after the condition improved, lymph nodes gradually returned to normal. Chronic inflammation can be found in the adjacent local tissues, such as stomatitis, tonsillitis, foot infection, etc. swelling and pain can be found in nearby organs, such as digestive tract often metastasized to supraclavicular lymph nodes. Enlarged lymph nodes often adhere, fuse, no tenderness, no activity.

Chronic lymphadenitis has a long course of disease, mild symptoms, hard lymph nodes, movable, no obvious tenderness, and finally the lymph nodes can shrink or subside.

matters needing attention

Patients usually should pay attention to labor protection, avoid trauma, if there is skin damage should be treated in time to prevent the spread of infection. If you have tonsillitis, dental caries, finger infection, tinea pedis, furuncle and carbuncle, you should also timely antibacterial anti-inflammatory or do appropriate treatment to control infection. On weekdays, we should pay attention to exercise and build up our physique. Diet should be light, nutrition should be balanced, avoid spicy food.