Is it normal for the lymph nodes along your jaw line to be swollen and sore afte!
Question: Is it normal for the lymph nodes along your jaw line to be swollen and sore after a minor surgery!?
I had a plate and screw removed from my foot yesterday and today a lot of my lymph nodes are swollen and tender, especially the two about an inch under my ears at the base of my jaw bone!. Is this normal or something to be worried about!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
no i dont think its normal!.
Lymph nodes can become swollen from infection, inflammatory conditions, an abscess , or cancer!. Other causes of enlarged lymph nodes are rare!.
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Lymph nodes can become swollen from infection, inflammatory conditions, an abscess , or cancer!. Other causes of enlarged lymph nodes are rare!.
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If you have discovered a pea-sized or bean-sized node (smaller than ? inch), this is a normal lymph node!.
Most often, lymph nodes swell and become inflamed as a result of an infection!.
WHEN TO SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
See your doctor if you're concerned or if your swollen lymph nodes:
Continue to enlarge
Feel hard or fixed
Are accompanied by fever, night sweats or unexplained weight loss
Are red, warm and tender
Don't worry!. May God bless you with good health!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Most often, lymph nodes swell and become inflamed as a result of an infection!.
WHEN TO SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
See your doctor if you're concerned or if your swollen lymph nodes:
Continue to enlarge
Feel hard or fixed
Are accompanied by fever, night sweats or unexplained weight loss
Are red, warm and tender
Don't worry!. May God bless you with good health!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
My opinion is that it would be normal because you have had a surgical trauma and the stress of that is compromising your normal immunity!. It is possible that you have an infection but assuming you have no other symptoms I would relate it to having the plate and screw removed!. If the inflammation doesn't go down within a few days or you feel other symptoms then see your doctor!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It's normal but couldn't hurt to mention it to your PCP!. Did they give you antibiotics!?Www@Answer-Health@Com