Can lymph nodes be cured?

Lymph node enlargement can be divided into local and systemic. Systemic can be very serious, causing infection of the body's organs, low immunity, and even causing a variety of complications. Most cases of lymphadenitis are deformed. Most patients with acute lymphadenitis are due to local infection of mucus or tissue diseases, and tumor metastasis. For treatment, anti-inflammatory and anti-infection drugs can be used to enhance immunity and supplement hormones. In terms of coping with the disease, we must start from both the cause and treatment.

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After a clear diagnosis, if the lymph node enlargement is caused by an infectious disease, anti-infection treatment is given; if the disease is caused by an immune response, glucocorticoid treatment is given; if the lymph node enlargement is caused by a malignant tumor, chemotherapy and radiotherapy can be used. For some cases of lymph node enlargement with unclear causes, follow-up observation and symptomatic treatment are recommended.

Clinical significance

1. Local lymphadenopathy

Causes of local lymph node enlargement include:

1. Nonspecific lymphadenitis: caused by acute or chronic inflammation in the drainage area. For example, acute suppurative tonsillitis can cause swollen cervical lymph nodes. Swollen lymph nodes are generally soft, tender, smooth and free of adhesions.

2. Lymph node tuberculosis: Enlarged lymph nodes mostly occur around the blood vessels in the neck. They are multiple, slightly hard, of varying sizes, and may adhere to each other or to the surrounding tissues. In the late stage, they may form fistulas after rupture and form scars after healing.

3. Lymph node metastasis of malignant tumors: The enlarged lymph nodes are hard or rubbery, adhered to the surrounding tissues, difficult to move, and generally not tender. For example, lung cancer often metastasizes to the right supraclavicular lymph nodes; gastric cancer or esophageal cancer often metastasizes to the left supraclavicular lymph nodes, called Virchow lymph nodes; and breast cancer often metastasizes to the axillary lymph nodes.

2. Systemic lymphadenopathy

The swollen lymph nodes may be found all over the body, in varying sizes and without adhesions. Such as acute and chronic lymphadenitis, lymphoma, leukemia, infectious mononucleosis, etc.

Recipe 1: Purslane, Chrysanthemum, and Mung Bean Porridge

Soak mung beans for half a day, wash and chop purslane, and dry and grind chrysanthemum into powder. After the mung beans are half cooked, add purslane and japonica rice and simmer until it becomes porridge. Add chrysanthemum powder and cook for a while. Take it twice a day. This method has the medicinal effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying and removing dampness, and can be used to treat acute lymphangitis, in which one or several thread-like red lines appear on the wound of the lower limbs, which are hard and tender.

Recipe 2: Water Chestnut Porridge

Peel and slice the water chestnuts, put them into the pot together with the washed glutinous rice, add water and cook over low heat for porridge. Take it twice a day. The effect is that it can clear away heat and promote salivation. Mainly used to treat acute lymphangitis. Note: Water chestnut extract has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus.

Recipe 3: Snow Soup

50-100 grams each of water chestnuts and jellyfish (soaked and salted), boil them into a soup and drink it in 2-3 times. This is the "Xue Geng Soup" by Wang Shixiong, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty. It has the effects of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, eliminating accumulation and softening hard masses, and lowering blood pressure. It can be used to treat phlegm-heat cough, lymph tuberculosis and primary hypertension.

Recipe 4 Steamed Chicken Liver in Corrugated Rice Bowl

6-10 grams of corrugated seeds are calcined on fire, ground into fine powder, mixed with 1-2 chicken livers, and steamed before eating. It has the effects of eliminating accumulation and phlegm, tonifying the liver and kidneys, and nourishing blood. It is suitable for treating lymphatic tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, infantile malnutrition and other diseases.

Recipe 5: Taro noodle soup

Use 3 kg of raw taro, dry it and grind it into powder. Also use 300 g of old jellyfish (wash off the salt) and 300 g of water chestnuts. Add water and cook until the two ingredients are soft, remove the residue, add taro powder and make into pills as big as mung beans. Take with warm water, 6 g each time, three times a day. Or wash fresh taro, steam it in a pot, peel it, season it with soy sauce, and eat it as a dish every day. Treat scrofula, cervical lymphadenitis, postauricular lymphadenitis, etc.