What is the disease of swollen lymph nodes in children's neck?

What disease causes swollen lymph nodes in children's neck? There are specific reasons for swollen lymph nodes in children's neck, which may be inflammation or infection. In short, parents should have their children receive treatment before the disease worsens. Early treatment of children's swollen neck lymph nodes can allow children to grow up healthily and happily. Children's growth is very important.

Children's neck lymph nodes are swollen and need to be checked

Physical examination

The inspection must be carried out in a certain order to avoid omissions. They are: preauricular, postauricular, mastoid, suboccipital, submandibular, submental lymph nodes, cervical lymph node groups, supraclavicular fossa, axillary, supratrochlear, inguinal and popliteal lymph nodes. When palpating, attention should be paid to the location, number, size, texture, surface, tenderness, mobility, presence of adhesions of the enlarged lymph nodes, and whether the local skin has redness, swelling, ulcers, scars, etc. In acute nonspecific lymphadenitis, the swollen lymph nodes often have obvious tenderness, local redness, swelling, heat and other signs of acute inflammation. In chronic infections, the swollen lymph nodes are generally mildly painful, of medium texture, and may adhere to each other. In case of lymph node tuberculosis, if caseous necrosis occurs in the tissue, fluctuation may be felt. The lymph nodes of malignant lymphoma are often significantly enlarged and hard like cartilage. Lymph node metastatic cancer has a rubbery texture, adheres to the surrounding tissues, and is difficult to move.

When lymphadenopathy is found in the examination, a comprehensive analysis of the cause should be conducted in combination with other positive signs. Patients with cervical and submandibular lymphadenopathy accompanied by pharyngeal congestion and swollen tonsils should consider acute tonsillitis. Patients with swollen lymphadenopathy accompanied by jaundice should consider icteric hepatitis, malignant histiocytosis, leptospirosis, etc. Patients with swollen lymphadenopathy and rash are more common in certain infectious diseases or allergic diseases. Patients with systemic lymphadenopathy and fever are seen in infectious mononucleosis, leukemia, lymphoma, etc.

Deep lymph node enlargement is not easy to touch, and people often seek medical attention because of its enlargement and compression of adjacent organs, resulting in corresponding symptoms. For example, mediastinal lymph node enlargement can compress the superior vena cava, causing obstruction of blood return in the superior vena cava area, manifested as superior vena cava compression signs such as edema of the head, face and upper limbs, and distended jugular veins; retroperitoneal lymph node enlargement can compress the ureter and cause hydronephrosis, and compression of the solar plexus can cause severe and stubborn low back pain, which is relieved by sitting forward and aggravated by lying flat; paraspinal lymph node enlargement compresses the spinal cord and can cause paraplegia; mediastinal lymph node enlargement caused by lung disease compresses the recurrent laryngeal nerve and can cause hoarseness, and compression of the esophagus can cause dysphagia, etc.

There are many reasons for swollen lymph nodes in children's neck. It is very important to clarify the cause during treatment. Parents must be clear about their children's swollen lymph nodes in the neck, and they cannot be arbitrary during treatment. Parents should pay attention to the treatment of their children's swollen lymph nodes in the neck. It is best to treat it in time and find out the cause.