How to treat lymph nodes in babies?

Many babies have problems with their bodies, so they need to pay attention to take appropriate methods for treatment in time to avoid situations that affect the baby's safety, especially since the baby's body is very fragile. It is necessary to avoid danger to the patient due to problems with the baby's lymph nodes. So, how should the baby's lymph nodes be treated? Let me introduce it to you below.

Lymph nodes are organs unique to mammals. The superficial lymph nodes of normal people are very small, with a diameter of less than 0.5 cm. The surface is smooth and soft, with no adhesion to the surrounding tissues and no tenderness. When bacteria enter your body through an injury, lymphocytes produce lymphokines and antibodies to effectively kill the bacteria. The result is reactive proliferation of lymphocytes and tissue cells in the lymph nodes, causing lymph node enlargement, which is called reactive lymph node hyperplasia. Other factors that can cause reactive lymph node hyperplasia include viruses, certain chemicals, toxic metabolic products, denatured tissue components, and foreign matter. Therefore, swollen lymph nodes are the beacon tower of the human body and an alarm device. The long-term presence of lymph nodes is due to chronic inflammation.

If your baby has no symptoms and everything is fine, then it's generally fine. Sometimes you can feel lumps of varying sizes behind the ears, neck, under the jaw, and at the base of the thighs of children. Most of them are mobile and can slide under the skin. These small lumps are lymph nodes. Because lymphatic tissue, especially lymph nodes, develop rapidly within one year of age, healthy children may feel lymph nodes in superficial parts of the body such as behind the ears, neck, under the jaw, armpits, and groin (i.e., groin). However, the lymph nodes in these areas are normally no larger than soybeans, are mostly single, soft in texture, can slide under the skin, are painless, and are not adhered to surrounding tissues. However, lymph nodes should not be palpated under the chin, supraclavicular fossa, or elbows. In some abnormal cases, lymph nodes may also become abnormally swollen. Because lymph nodes can produce lymphocytes in the blood, these lymphocytes have the function of defending against bacteria.

The above is my opinion on this issue that I would like to introduce to you. If the child has the above problems, the child needs to pay attention to take the above methods for treatment in time, so as to avoid dangerous situations caused by the above problems. Finally, I wish the child a speedy recovery.