Swollen and painful lymph nodes in the neck

Diseases are very harmful to human health. When you find that you have a disease, you must seek treatment in time, which will be very helpful for improving the disease. Common diseases are mainly colds, fevers, and coughs. These diseases do not pose a great threat to human health, and drug treatment is the best treatment method. So what is the reason for swollen and painful lymph nodes in the neck?

Many people do not know much about swollen and painful cervical lymph nodes. When such a problem occurs, it needs to be solved in a timely manner to prevent the problem from becoming more serious and becoming very difficult to treat.

Causes of painful swollen lymph nodes in the neck:

(1) Inflammation Acute cases are characterized by redness, pain, and heat, with rapid onset and local tenderness. The swelling will subside after anti-inflammatory treatment. Chronic cases have a long course of disease, are active, non-tender, and are often located in the submandibular area.

(2) Tuberculosis. It can be primary or secondary to tuberculosis lesions in the abdominal cavity. The course of the disease is long. The enlarged lymph nodes are in the form of strings, with medium texture, movable, and no tenderness. They can adhere to each other into clumps. If caseous necrosis occurs, fistulas will form if they rupture.

(3) Metastatic malignant tumors. It is one of the causes of cervical lymphadenopathy. The primary lesions are mostly located in the head and neck. The lumps gradually increase in size, become hard, have poor mobility, and are not tender. They are often unilateral but may also affect both sides. Nasopharyngeal cancer, tonsil cancer, and laryngeal cancer often metastasize to the supraclavicular lymph nodes. Cancers of the nose, paranasal sinuses, mouth, and face often invade the submandibular lymph nodes, and esophageal cancer metastasizes to the supraclavicular lymph nodes.

(4) Malignant lymphoma. It is a malignant tumor that occurs in the lymphoreticular tissue. The tumors of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are painless, progressively enlarged, hard, and have poor mobility. Hodgkin's lymphoma is often bilateral, with symptoms such as fever, hepatosplenomegaly, weight loss and fatigue.

(5) AIDS. It is caused by invasion of human immunodeficiency virus. The disease has a long course, with gradual enlargement of lymph nodes, often with enlarged inguinal lymph nodes, fever, weight loss, fatigue and leukopenia.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the causes of swollen and painful cervical lymph nodes. The occurrence of such problems is caused by some diseases. Therefore, when such a situation occurs, we must go to the hospital for treatment in time to control this type of disease. At the same time, we must also treat our own diseases well.