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swelling in child

My six year old daughter has a swelling in her upper thigh/iguinal area. A rash was present near the swelling...

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swollen armpit lymph nodes

I have had a swelling under my right armpit for 4 months now. I had a mammogram about 3 weeks ago and it was...

Posted by tndiuka

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Do I have Lymphoma? Please help!

Hi, I am a male (45 years of age) and I have developed a number of symptoms during the past 2 months...

Posted by An_255823

Hi,

I am a male (45 years of age) and I have developed a number of symptoms during the past 2 months following a major anxiety attack. Here are the symptoms and timelines:

==2 years ago till now==
- Developed hard stool (constipation). However I have been visiting the bathroom at least 4-5 times a week but it is always a very hard stool. One month per year the hard stool became extremely difficult to pass (sometimes took me 45 min in the bathroom!)
- I have a long history of having a fatty liver with elevated ALT (ranging from 45 to 72 U/L)
- I have a long history of elevated CRP (4)
- My triglyceride level has recently been elevated, in the range of 2.9 to 4.9 mmol/L
- My blood pressure is always in the higher normal sides (140/95 mmHg)

==2 months ago, following a major anxiety, which last for 2 months==
- Low-grade fever
- Flushing in my ears, hot red ears
- Sever pain in my feet, I couldn't walk for 1 day
- Disturbed sleep

==6 weeks ago==
- A high fever for 3 days (possibly from flu)
- A semi productive cough
- Muscle in my feet and hand started to get tight
- Sever numbness in my hands and feet, specially during nights
- Burning sensations in my legs and hands
- Elevated CRP (9) and ESR (25)
- Low-grade fever continued
- Excessive sweating day and night
- I became pre-diabetes (blood sugar at 123 mg/dl and 5.9 mmol/L)
- Two red rashes appeared in my palms (please see the below pictures):
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- My temperature and blood pressure increased when I sit and decreased when I stand up
- Red hot ears continued, usually started with the right ear and then left, last for 1-2 hours
- My ears continued to remain hot throughout my night sleep and go to normal as soon as I wake up. Sometimes I feel pain sleeping on them and sometimes no pain.
- Loss of appetite, lost 5-6 kg (10-12 lbs), possibly due to eating less
- Stomach started growling all day and all night long
- Sensitivity of the skin to pressure and touch, became temporarily red when scratched

== My current symptoms==
- Two red rashes are still there
- The hot ears are still persisting, the upper section gets hot and normally the ear lob remains cold
- Profuse sweating during day and night. At night I only get sweating in my head and shoulders. My pillow gets wet but not drenching wet.
- I feel discomfort in my upper right abdomen, where my liver is
- I continue getting stomach growling all day long, no matter if I have eaten or not. I feel the sounds are mostly coming from my upper right abdomen area
- I still have persisting coughs and I have voice hoarseness after 6 weeks
- My CRP/ESR levels fluctuates: CRP between 6 and10 and ESR between 15 and 35
- I still have tingling feeling and burning sensation in my hands during night, but not sever
- I have some mild joint pain and muscle tightness
- I feel less energized than before
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I have been tested negative for: Mono, TB, Hepatitis, and HIV with normal CBC, liver enzymes (except for ALT), urine culture, TSH, testosterone, and vitamins.
What I am worried about is the possibility of having lymphoma.

Please evaluate my symptoms and let me know your assessment.

Thank youView Thread

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Peripheral T cell lymphoma

My 29 year old daughter had what looked like a normal cold sore on her lip in December. It great bigger...

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Peripheral T cell lymphoma

My 29 year old daughter had what looked like a normal cold sore on her lip in December. It great bigger...

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Please Give Me Your Thoughts: Swollen Lymph Nodes

Hello, I am a 21 year old female with swollen lymph nodes in my neck. I've had them for a year. They used to...

Posted by An_242909

Hello, I am a 21 year old female with swollen lymph nodes in my neck. I've had them for a year. They used to come and go, but now they won't go away. In the beginning, my PA thought it was caused by a retracted eardrum (I've had constant ear infections/problems) and I was prescribed antibiotics, steroids, nasal spray, and ear drops. I would get all four prescriptions each time I went back to the doctor when the swelling returned, which is about three or four times. With each time, I was prescribed stronger antibiotics and they seemed to work in reducing the swelling, but it would always come back once I finished the medication. The time between each occurrence would increase and finally, I'm at the point where the swelling will not completely go away. The size of the swelling will change, but it's always there. It's not necessarily painful, but I can feel a tenderness. After several rounds of antibiotics and another doctor visit, my doctor believed the swelling to not be caused by my ear problems, because the lymph nodes that are swollen are further down my neck than the ones affected by ear retractions. I had a CT scan with contrast that revealed that I have two swollen lymph nodes (no mass) and then I had bloodwork done, which came back normal. (CBC, Platelets & Aut Diff; SED Rate Erythrocyte; TSH; EB Antibody Early Antign; EB Antibody Nuclr Antign; and EB Antibody Viral Capsid). I then had an MRI (with and without contrast) which revealed the exact same thing that the CT scan did. The doctor said that the lymph nodes are not swollen enough to get an accurate biopsy. He wants me to come back for more blood work to test for less common causes: cat scratch fever and rocky mountain spotted fever. I have not been around cats in years and I am fairly certain that I haven't been bitten by any ticks either. The other symptoms I have are as follows: night sweats, fatigue, low grade fevers that occur often, and very mild bladder infections. I've noticed that the swelling gets bigger in the morning when I wake up (so after I've been laying down), with stress, and with alcohol consumption. Any thoughts?View Thread

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My son is very sick in the hospital

My son had a pet scan done was in a lot of pain night sweats are bad pale skin almost transparent on the pet...

Posted by debbiann

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not sure whats wrong

so, i have had some enlarged lymph-nodes for about two years now, one on the left side of my neck, one on the...

Posted by Tulakz

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BIOPSY

What can I expect if I were to have a biopsy in my chest area. nervous as hell here Fred

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Help! What's wrong with me?

I am 33 yo female and started having severe joint pain early this week. Saw my primary care doctor because I...

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New to This

Hi... so my mom and I are very new to this whole CANCER thing... its about my mom she had thyroid cancer...

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lympnoma or not

am 68 yrs old i have had lymphnodes removed from both underarms aand i have continuing itching all over my...

Posted by An_247413

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lympnoma or not

am 68 yrs old i have had lymphnodes removed from both underarms aand i have continuing itching all over my...

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lympnoma or not

am 68 yrs old i have had lymphnodes removed from both underarms aand i have continuing itching all over my...

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lympnoma or not

am 68 yrs old i have had lymphnodes removed from both underarms aand i have continuing itching all over my...

Posted by An_247413

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I just noticed a swollen lymph node on right sid...

It maybe be nothing, but it does causes to ee troubling to me. I do have thyroid problems, been taking pills...

Posted by cindigal

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Father just diagnosed with NHL

My dad was just diagnosed with NHL. I feel lost. I live 2 hours from him, and he doesn't have anyone to take...

Posted by Holdol19

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Just found out now going for 2nd opinion...

I am 35 and had a routine endoscopy done. The results were not routine though. The Dr. said they found some...

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I am desperate, I have no where else to ask for he...

I have been battling with my health since TMJ came to my life in 2009. I was diagnosed with it in late 2010. But...

Posted by goolar

I have been battling with my health since TMJ came to my life in 2009. I was diagnosed with it in late 2010. But since late '10 I have been in constant war with my pains, lymph nodes and dehydration

Started with chest/breast pain I have been to many, many doctors and specialist and nothing. Cardiologist, Neurologist, GI's, General doctors, ER's...the list goes on. I'm 24 years old, female and have become depressed lately.

I discovered my 1st lymph node in summer of 2010, my doctor at that time said it was a cyst (concluded that because of my severe acne) so I believed her. she sent me to do an mri of my neck.. normal.

months went by and it went away, then it came back out in april of 2011. ever since only on my neck, my new doctor (at that time in april) said it was a viral infection put me on valtrex, the nodes went away (so i thought) I had an upper GI, xray, ct scan done on my chest and nothing. I got very dehydrated that year multiple times as well as hospitalized. during that year my stomach began to hurt, so I was setn to do a colonoscopy and endoscopy...even an ultrasound. normal... hida scan; normal

til this day my stomach is in pain, my chest, my left underarm, my neck gets stiff when the lymph nodes come back, recently been in really bad headaches and neck aches. my back is worst.... my legs get itchy and are dry, i get random feelings of itchy skin all over. doctors say its just anxiety. they have leaned on that since my heart has been on a rate of 140+ (three cardiologist checked me and said that my heart is healthy) doctors say it isnt lymphoma.though some in emergency have concerns they keep sending me back home. blood works come back normal too

i guess to relieve my worries they said many tmj patients get fibromyalgia... i dont know what to do or believe. i have been to so many doctors and i am so desperate i came here. i even went to los angeles for help ended back here in nyc...crying isnt an option since that wont help.

i feel breathless, fatigued. the nodes on my neck are there, steady... i dont know what to do. my doctor left her clinic left me a referral to see a hematologist in june 11...I was supposed to be seen in april but I got pushed back, twice.

i left my job and dropped a few classes because the pains are unbearable, the medications don't work and no one is helping me.View Thread

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NHL - beginning chemo tomorrow

My wife has been diagnosed with NHL, large cell, B cell. It has been found in her lymph system and bones....

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Sounds like NHL, but not sure - looking for sugges...

I'm new here, and hoping to get some suggestions that will help me get aa diagnosis. For the past two...

Posted by IsolatedThunder

I'm new here, and hoping to get some suggestions that will help me get aa diagnosis. For the past two years I've been tested for everything under the sun, and the docs keep coming across "incidental diagnoses," but then tell me that the things they find (hereditary hemochromatosis, non-toxic multinodular goiter) are not what's causing my symptoms. I just had a biopsy this week on my thyroid nodules, which I really believed was the problem because of my symptoms: I've had increasing difficulty swallowing for the past year and a half or so, difficulty getting a deep breath (feels like I have to work at it), the feeling that someone is standing on my sternum, pain that is sometimes just in my chest, but most often all around the rib cage, (feels like my ribs are squeezing me very tightly), and the past couple of months my neck has started occasionally swelling, usually on the right side but sometimes on the left too, and from time to time the feeling that I'm being choked by someone. My primary dr. said he could see that the sternomastoid muscles in my neck were swollen just by looking at me. Now the skin on the neck occasionally turns red when this happens, and feels hot. The most frequent thing in the neck though is that there are no visibly swollen nodes, but my neck feels full, feels like the right side is bigger than the left, it hurts and the skin feels hot. I also get weird, random pains in my head, behind the ears mostly, but occasionally just in the back of the head, or, lately, in the right ear too (though not like an earache). My right collarbone has been hurting too, above and below it. Sometimes the pain seems to radiate from the right ear, down the neck, and around the whole area.

My father had Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and more than likely had the hemochromatosis, but there is no way to verify that, since he died before I was diagnosed, and we had never even heard of it. I seem to be following in his footsteps when it comes to having miscellaneous health problems all the time.

They said my biopsy was benign. The results say there were "mixed follicular and hurthle cells" and colloid and something else, and that that is consistent with non-toxic multi-nodular goiter. If that's not what's causing the pain, swelling, choking, difficulty breathing and swallowing, etc, then I don't know what could be...unless it is lymphoma. But I don't know as much about lymphomas as I do about my symptoms, and have questions.

Is it possible to have lymphoma and not have visible or palpable nodes? (There is only one on my right that I can feel, about the size of a pea or almond, but the docs don't seem to notice it). I had a staph infection in 2001, and for years now I feel that particular node off and on; the more tired I am (and I'm exhausted all the time), the more I feel it. Are there things here that aren't consistent w/diagnosis of NHL?

Another couple things are that I've had horrible bone pain lately in my pelvic bone (tailbone level, roughly), and for four or five years have had that pain in my left iliac crest on the pelvic bone. Also, recently I've noticed that after having a glass or two of wine, my neck and ears are hot and a little red.

If anyone has anything at all, any suggestions or anything, I'd be so grateful. I don't even care what the diagnosis is at this point - I just want one so I can figure out what it is and how to deal with it. The thoguht of going on like this indefinitely never knowing what it is has just gotten to be too much.

Sorry this was so long. I'm just feeling desperate anymore.

Thanks everyone.View Thread

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Roller Coaster Ride

My Mom had B-Cell Lymphoma in nodes in her neck in 2004-2005. She was cancer free until diagnosed...

Posted by DaughterOfCancer

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What do i expect?

I was told i have lymphoma 2 days ago. I'm 38 and noticed the lumps 1 mth ago. Diagnosis was based off of a...

Posted by Wilvn916

Take the Poll

I was just diagnosed with Lymphoma based off a CT scan? The Va doctors don't even have the Pet scan results and my biopsy is scheduled for Monday. Is a CT scan with a physical exam and blood tests enough to diagnose me correctly?

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New to this Community and have had NHL twice

I've had NHL twice the first time my doctors said I wouldn't make it because the tumor encompassed my...

Posted by baseballgirl_22

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Questions and Concerns

Hello. My name is Melissa. I just found out that my mom has been diagnosed with non hodgkins lymphomas....

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Questions and Concerns

Hello. My name is Melissa. I just found out that my mom has been diagnosed with non hodgkins lymphomas....

Posted by EllasMomma1123

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Swollen Lymph Node(s)

Went to the GP last week because I found a knot in my neck. I thought he would put me on antibiotics or watch it...

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Lump in neck

I am 26yo female and recently discovered a lump a little larger than a pea in my neck between my jaw and...

Posted by An_239776

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What will happen to my dad?? PleasE help me unders...

Hi I am 17 and I am a daddys girl. I have been my entire life and now it's starting to fall apart. Cancer...

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