Symptoms of lymphadenitis in children

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Experts say that when the human body's immunity declines, bacteria will invade along the lymphatic vessels, leading to the occurrence of lymphadenitis. Lymphadenitis occurs mainly in the neck and the groin behind the ear. Nodules of the size of glass balls will appear, accompanied by redness, swelling and pain. It is harder to press. Here is a detailed picture of children's lymphadenitis.

Symptoms of lymphadenitis in children

Acute lymphadenitis is often secondary to other suppurative infectious diseases. The lymph nodes are swollen rapidly and tender. If the patient's resistance is strong, there can be no systemic symptoms, without treatment can also be self-healing. In severe cases, local redness, swelling, heat and pain are accompanied by chills, fever, headache and other symptoms. Through timely antibacterial and anti-inflammatory treatment, redness and swelling can subside, but sometimes inflammation causes tissue proliferation, leaving a small induration. If inflammation can not be controlled in time, spread to lymph nodes and adhesion, serious cases can form abscess. If not treated in time, it can cause sepsis.

Lymphadenitis is caused by bacteria invading lymph nodes along lymphatic vessels. But not everyone will encounter bacterial infection lymphadenitis, only in the human body resistance decline, it is easy to occur this disease. When the long-term malnutrition, anemia and other chronic diseases make the resistance decreased significantly, lymphadenitis is easy to occur after bacterial infection. Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus haemolyticus are the main bacteria causing the disease. In people's lives, often someone suffering from a cold or other infections, neck, ear, armpit or groin can appear as a glass ball size nodules, local swelling tenderness, according to the hard, this is suffering from lymphadenitis.

Parents don't have to be overly nervous about their child's lymph node mass. General changes in lymph tissue are part of normal development. Almost every child can feel enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin. After effective diagnosis and treatment, these enlarged lymph nodes will automatically reduce and disappear before the child reaches puberty.

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The above is the symptoms of lymphadenitis, I believe everyone has been clear, experts say that lymphadenitis is divided into acute and chronic two, the current treatment method is mainly based on traditional Chinese medicine, during the treatment period, but also do a good job in the patient's diet conditioning, eat more light food, avoid spicy food, so as to avoid aggravating the disease.