YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for March, 2002: Re: swollen lymp node under arm

Re: swollen lymp node under arm

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:13:46 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Worry wrote: >
>I am 26 years old. Before Christmas I noticed a swollen lymph node
>under my arm. I also have a lump in my breast. So in January I went to
>my GYN and he sent me to have a mamogram. Turns out the lumps are
>fybroids. Every woman in my family has this. They told me not to worry
>about the lump under my arm, but I do because there must be a reason it
>is there. It has gotten a little larger I have noticed. I try not to
>mess with it, though. I was wondering if it had something to do with
>the fybroids or is there something else going on. By the way it is on
>the same side as the lumps in my breast. I will also add that I have
>gum disease and my gums get quite aggravated at times I was thinking
>maybe the infection from the gums my cause swelling in that lymph node.
>I have read that lymph nodes swell due to an infection somewhere in your
>body. I may be wrong. Please let me know what any of you think, I am
>just worried about it. Thank you.
>
>--
>Worry Wart
>

Worry

Sounds like an inflammed lymph node to me.

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
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