The human body is exposed to danger from bacteria, viruses, various fungi and other foreign agents throughout life. To protect him, nature has provided for the immune system. The lymphatic system is part of it and performs a protective function. It is a branched network through which lymph flows. Infectious pathogens, once in the body with lymph, enter the lymph nodes, in which the formation of lymphocytes, which play the role of protective cells, constantly occurs.
These cells prevent the further spread of infection and malignant tumors. In the human body there are an average of about 600 lymph nodes. Their parameters in the normal state are within the size of the pin head. Lymph nodes are found in various places of the human body: in the groin, on the neck, in the knees and elbows, the armpit, each of them is responsible for a specific organ. Enlarged lymph nodes indicate diseases that occur in a specific organ of the human body.
Lymph nodes in normal condition do not cause trouble and anxiety, they are invisible. Having received a large dose of dangerous microbes through the lymph, they increase the number of lymphocytes. Bacterial and infectious diseases cause inflammation of the lymph nodes, because the load on them increases sharply. During the destruction of pathogens, the lymph nodes become hard, swollen and quite painful. Their sizes can be increased to the parameters of a walnut, and this condition can last up to several weeks.
After the destruction of the infection, the nodes should take their original size. Before starting treatment, it is necessary to find the cause of inflammation, to understand why enlarged lymph nodes appeared. General malaise, weakness, loss of appetite and weight loss, a change in blood composition, an increase in lymph nodes and other signs indicate a serious systemic disease. So, with tuberculosis, there is a gradual increase in nodes, they are dense and hardly move, and in a later period they soften, and fistulas appear.
When the lymph nodes in the groin are enlarged , it can be considered that there are problems in the genitourinary system or the disease is obtained through sexual contact. To identify the cause, you will need to take urine and blood tests.
Cervical lymph nodes usually become inflamed with pharyngitis, rhinitis, i.e., with infection of the respiratory tract. This is possible with a more serious disease (tuberculosis). When individual nodes appear, the sizes of which are increased and when pressed do not cause painful symptoms, it is necessary to make tests for oncology and tuberculosis.
It is important to remember that there are no enlarged lymph nodes for no reason. Some people in this case try to treat the lymphatic system. But you should know that this is a useless exercise, because their enlarged lymph nodes are a consequence of a disease in the body. It is necessary to contact the appropriate specialist for examination, obtaining directions for analysis and examination. Based on the results of the studies, treatment is prescribed. It should be carried out in parallel with the treatment of the main disease that caused the inflammatory process. In most cases, enlarged lymph nodes are the result of a viral or other infection.
Treatment is often carried out in a combination of traditional medicine and folk remedies. Herbal preparations of general strengthening action will allow for gentle and effective treatment of lymph nodes. The recipe for herbal anti-inflammatory collection looks like this: wormwood and currant leaf, elderberry, lavender and calendula flowers are taken in equal parts. All this is brewed with boiling water, infused, filtered. Then, such an infusion is drunk up to three times a day.
An integrated approach to the treatment of enlarged lymph nodes allows you to reduce the inflammatory process and restore health in a short time.