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Medical Forum / General / General / November 2004Lymph Node Information
Hey folks. I found an enlarged lymph node under my arm around 4 weeks ago and went to the doc to take a look at it. Well I forgot to inspect myself thoroughly before going and it turns out I had a nice infection from a burn on my finger. He told me that the nodes would shrink and become small "balls" in around 6-8 weeks. During the course of the last 4 weeks the infection has cleared up and during that time the primary node decreased and a couple others grew and then shrunk. The nodes are quite close to the surface and my wife says that they look like pimples under my arm.. Regardless, one of the nodes just increased in size again and there is a smaller one just above it. The characteristics of the nodes are close to the surface and are very tender and somewhat red. They actually hurt a quite a bit. The would also leave a pussy pimple like head on a couple of them. They are also somewhat squishy, not super hard (which is what I've been told to be weary of). I'm 26, and quite active (work out 5 times a week, bike, etc.), I'm just wondering if the nodes are getting agitated and getting inflamed becuase of my arm and chest rubbing together? Are the nodes fighting off an infection still? thanks for any help. > Hey folks. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > thanks for any help. I am a dentist, so take it for what it is worth--if you actually see redness or a whitehead, it sounds more like an infected follicle (boil) or sebaceous cyst. In any case, I assume the burn has healed? Are you on any antibiotics now? Definitely get back to your MD to check it out. Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 yes I have an appointment tomorrow morning. yes you can see redness and the previous ones (I've had 3-4 now under the same armpit) have all pretty much formed a white head that was squeezable. Once this occurred they would shrink.. and for around 1.5 weeks they were not bothering me.. now all the sudden I have them back. I'm currently not on any antibiotics. One thing that is quite intriguing is that over the past 2 years, I have had roughly 3 staff infections, one under my chin, another on my eyelid. I play rugby quite a bit, however, it's interesting that my immune system is not fighting off these better. I'm going to ask probably to get some blood work done. > > Hey folks. > > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Steve > Hey folks. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > my arm and chest rubbing together? Are the nodes fighting off an infection > still? Sounds like a process taking place in the skin, nothing to do with lymph nodes. Multiple follicles such as you describe might be due to a folliculitis, but might also be related to infection of the apocrine sweat glands found under the arm, and the process might represent hidradenitis suppurativa. Based on your description, your doctor might put you on tetracycline as a means of trying to clear up the acute process. HMc I'm glad I posted on here.. thanks for the responses. This is another thing that I thought that it might have been.. the lymph nodes (correct me if I'm wrong) are usually further back into the armpit are they not? I also found it weird that the bumps were pussing. Perhaps it was a mis-diagnosis (I went into a walk in clinic). Regardless, my physisian will be able to diagnose it tomorrow. thanks again > > Hey folks. > > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > HMc It turns out that Howard was right with it being an infection, staph infection. Gave me 7 days x 4 of keflex to fix it up. Whats really messed is that this is the 3rd staph infection that I've had in 2 years.. I use antibacterial soap to clean myself.. how come I keep getting these? Should I be getting some blood tests done for something? Is there any sort of vitamin or anything that I can do to prevent this type of infection in the future? > > Hey folks. > > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > HMc > It turns out that Howard was right with it being an infection, staph > infection. Gave me 7 days x 4 of keflex to fix it up. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > type > of infection in the future? This most recent infection happened under your arm. Where exactly did the other two occur? This is important information toward making a diagnosis. HMc The other two staph infections occured on my face, under my left eye (this was totally disgusting, looked like a massive boil). The other one was under my chin.. (apparently from a shaving cut). thanks. > > It turns out that Howard was right with it being an infection, staph > > infection. Gave me 7 days x 4 of keflex to fix it up. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > HMc > The other two staph infections occured on my face, under my left eye (this > was totally disgusting, looked like a massive boil). The other one was > under > my chin.. (apparently from a shaving cut). >> This most recent infection happened under your arm. Where exactly did the >> other two occur? This is important information toward making a diagnosis. In which case it's more likely to by some sort of acneform folliculitis. I wanted to be sure this wasn't going to be hidradenitis suppurativa, which infection occurs under the arms and groin areas, primarily. HS is a different kettle of fish. HMc hmmm.. interesting.. I'll have to do a little research on that. Thanks for the info! > > The other two staph infections occured on my face, under my left eye (this > > was totally disgusting, looked like a massive boil). The other one was [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > HMc |
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