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Post by LymeEnigma on Jul 24, 2008 8:56:19 GMT -8
I'd copy and paste the article, but AAFP's copyright policy prohibits it. The article is worth reading, though, for anyone who has had an issue with swollen lymph nodes: www.aafp.org/afp/981015ap/ferrer.html
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Post by LymeEnigma on Jul 24, 2008 9:13:38 GMT -8
My main interest in this is the lymph node behind my left ear. I cannot remember a time, before treatment, when it was flat; my whole life it was bulbous. Six months of treatment flattened it out ... but I am experiencing minimal swelling once again, from time to time. It does not swell to nearly the same size as it had in the past, but I'm still curious as to what the underlying cause(s) might be....
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Post by itsybitsyone on Jul 24, 2008 9:19:32 GMT -8
Mine does a tiny bit now and then...my biggest ones are in my neck and clavical, you mean right on the mastoid bone, right? Mine was big about two years ago. It waxes and wanes. I don't know that I will ever know why specifically. I have to assume chronic infection.
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Post by LymeEnigma on Jul 24, 2008 19:29:16 GMT -8
I found a diagram that shows all of the ones in the head region: www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/21692508/It would seem the lymph node that swells up behind my left ear is one of my occipital lymph nodes. I also have noticed my center submandibular lymph node is also about pea-sized. Chronic infection is my best guess, too; the fact that the one behind my ear went flat for so long (and now fluctuates, but never gets gigantic) is very telling, I think.
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