“Enlarged lymph nodes for 9 weeks”
Hi, I am a 19-year-old female. I have had Swollen lymph nodes for 9 weeks, I had a CT done 2 weeks ago. It showed "prominent caliber of the cervical lymph nodes". The CT also showed an enlarged thyroid. I was also tested for mono, strep, and other infections. All were neg. I had a CBC with diff and a basic metabolic panel. All of the blood tests were normal. The Dr. gave me 7 days of antibiotics (amoxicillin), 3 times a day, just to see if the lymph nodes would go down. My lymph nodes still have not gone down with the antibiotics. I was referred by my PCP to an ENT. That appointment is in two weeks. I feel very uneasy and anxious about this because the Dr. said they could not completely rule out lymphoma, so that is why I have the ENT referral. Could this be something else instead of lymphoma, even though I was negative for infections?
Female | 19 years old
Complaint duration: 2 1/2 months
Medications: none
Conditions: none
1 Answer
Yes it could simply be inflammatory. Antibiotics are probably not the most helpful, but a short round of steroids may actually make the lymph nodes go down if they are inflammatory.
