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Tender lymph nodes
Tender lymph nodes are swollen and slightly painful when pressed on. People frequently develop tender lymph nodes in under the jaw and in the neck with a throat infection. Tender lymph nodes may appear anywhere in the body near the site of an infection.
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A 47-year old asked:
Swollen, tender lymph nodes can be big, right?
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A 36-year old asked:
Swollen, tender lymph nodes always from infection?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Tender lymph node in groin for 3 days but im not sick what could it be?
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A 48-year old asked:
What would cause an itchy rash over a tender lymph node? Havent scratched.
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A 30-year old asked:
Lymphoma--what are non-tender lymph nodes?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Tender lymph nodes in groin and armpit on the right side?
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A 34-year old asked:
What can cause usually non-tender lymph node to be sore?
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A 34-year old asked:
Tender lymph node swollen for 5 months. Trying to wait till end of year to get evaluated?
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A 39-year old asked:
Swollen, tender lymph nodes--are they cancer?
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A 48-year old asked:
Why do i almost always seem to have tender lymph nodes in my neck?
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A 29-year old asked:
What do hard, swollen, extremely painful/tender lymph nodes in the neck mean?
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A 41-year old asked:
What to do about swollen, hard, tender lymph nodes in my neck that do not move?
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A 33-year old asked:
What can I do about swollen, hard, tender lymph nodes in my neck that do not move?
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A 41-year old asked:
How come I always seem to have tender lymph nodes and flu-like symptoms?
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A 33-year old asked:
Tender lymph nodes in neck related to head pain?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I have hard, non-mobile, non-tender, lymph nodes under my neck for 2 months and a history of melanoma. Should I be worried?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Is the tender lymph nodes on neck lasting for a month normal? one of them is 1.5 cm in sizes under my jaw. others r around 1cm on neck. thx
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A 43-year old female asked:
I received the Tdap booster 9 days ago. I developed a swollen tender lymph node in my neck. It's still swollen, firm, but not tender. What can I do?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Several blackfly bites on back right scalp line. One Swollen firm slightly tender lymph node midway down neck behind sternocleidastoid muscle.Normal?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Just curious I've been having an irritated throat with tender lymph nodes on the right side other than being fatigued lately.
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A 19-year old male asked:
Doctor gave me doxycycline to treat my tender lymph node, it got smaller but now I have earaches and bodyaches what can this be? Lymph node near jaw.
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A 33-year old asked:
Tender lymph nodes in neck with headache and jaw pain, etc?
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A 43-year old asked:
Persistant sore throat, tender lymph nodes, red spots on tongue. What is it?
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A 22-year old asked:
Enlarged, hard, non tender lymph node on right side of neck below ear some shap pain, stiff neck normal white cell count, Ultrasound set for tommorrow?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Drainage,sore throat and tender lymph nodes in neck.3rd day of 250mg Z-pak. Feel better overall,but throat still very sore and nodes tender.
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A 60-year old female asked:
Sore throat and sinus drainage with tender lymph nodes in neck. On 3rd day of Z-pak, feel better overall, but not in throat or neck. See a dr?
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A 29-year old asked:
Are these tender neck lymph nodes a cause for concern?
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A 31-year old asked:
Why do i have tender swollen lymph nodes in my neck since yesterday?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Nodule seen on xray but not ct. pain in EXACT spot of nodule upon palpation. lump immobile non tender. swollen lymph nodes? wouldnt it show in ct?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Tender swollen lymph nodes right side base of skull. Fatigued. No flu symptoms, no headaches. Virus?
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