I have had numerous swollen, tender and red lymph nodes under my right arm for weeks now. They are starting to go down and now I have the same thing starting under the left arm!

I have a persisting swelling of the lymph node under my left jaw. This has been bothering me for about 5 months. Just recently, I had bilateral mastectomies due to breast cancer. The left breast showed a non-invasive ductile carcinoma, while the right had invasive ductile carcinomas. My left side after mastectomies is bothering me a great deal in pain and swelling. Could the cancer (although it was NOT in my sentinel lymph nodes) be a cause of this lymph node swelling and tenderness under my jaw?

I know a guy who said that he woke up with a huge bump on the side of his neck, right behind his ear. He said he was curious and worried about it, so he went to the doctor. The doctor gave him a prescription and said to come back if it didn't work. I was just wondering what the cause of this might be and what would happen if it did get worse and the prescription didn't work?

My 81 year old mother had a CT ABD/pelvis and the only thing found was a "swollen lymph node next to the aorta.” They are watching it for 3 months and going to reevaluate at that time.

I really need help I have been sick for over a year now off and on. The first time I went to the doctor with the swollen glands, sore throat, very fatigued, off and on fever, can't eat, body just hurts. They did a flu and mono, and nothing they said it was nothing. Now all this keeps coming back and each time it is worse, stays with me longer, and takes more out of me. This time right now it has stayed with me for two weeks. They said my liver count is high but then they said that's because am 50 lbs over weight. The liver count has been the same for a few years. Just got over having C Diff. I am so tired of the medical field I feel that some one needs to look at the whole picture. I don't know who or where to go from here I am so tired of this.

I woke up this morning with my neck being double its size. My glands are swollen so much, I look horrible. It starts at my ears and radiates around my neck. I sat in emergency for 3 hours only for the doctor to tell me he doesn't know what is wrong, but probably a bacterial or a viral infection. He gave me antibiotics, just in case.

I was diagnosed with several lymph nodes in my neck and one on my lung. When my CT scans were done, they were very large, but when I went to my ENT, he could not find or feel the lumps as they showed only on the scans. He said that he does not want to do the biopsy because they were 'melting away'. Should I get another opinion on this matter, or should I wait until the next three months as I was given by him, to see if the lymph nodes would go down on its own? Could this have been the result of Mono? I was told that my blood count showed a high level of Mono.

For over 4 years I have had a swollen lymph node on the right side just below my jaw. I came to the conclusion that what I have is a swollen lymph node because of the explanations in this article. It's round, soft, and can be moveable to the sides. Since I've had it for so long, I'm afraid that it could be something malign. I want to know if the swollen lymph node will be something permanent that I would have? I also read that there's no treatment for it, but I want to know if it would be better to have it checked with a specialist?