chloevictoria
11-06-12, 20:30
Hello, I am 16 years old and last year I found a lump in my armpit(it was about the size of a pea) but I couldn't tell if it was moveable or not. Also, I put it down to stupidly shaving under my arms and then applying anti-perspirant which can irritate lymph nodes I think. My parents couldn't feel anything and my doctor said it was 'nothing', so I left it for a year as I don't think she'd dismiss an anxious 15 year old. Anyway, it's been a year since that and it still hasn't gone down!! I have no idea what it is and I'm absolutely petrified. If it was something, would it have got bigger by now?!
Also around that time I strained my neck which lasted for a day and I couldn't move it. I then noticed similar pea sized lumps on the side of my neck when I tilted it. Only recently have I been to the doctor for reassurance, she says she would be able to feel something when my neck was straight, and she couldn't.
When I don't think about it I don't feel tired or anything, but when I do I feel absolutely awful. In the last few days I've been touching my lymph nodes, researching where they are located and it's so frustrating. I also got scared because I was touching my armpit so much, it hurt when I raised my arm. But for the past year it hasn't hurt at all, but it hasn't got any larger.
Just now I was feeling my nodes again and I thought I'd check my groin.. and along the bone I can feel a few.. is this normal?
Can you feel tiny lymph nodes in your armpit, groin and neck?
Thanks :)
Also around that time I strained my neck which lasted for a day and I couldn't move it. I then noticed similar pea sized lumps on the side of my neck when I tilted it. Only recently have I been to the doctor for reassurance, she says she would be able to feel something when my neck was straight, and she couldn't.
When I don't think about it I don't feel tired or anything, but when I do I feel absolutely awful. In the last few days I've been touching my lymph nodes, researching where they are located and it's so frustrating. I also got scared because I was touching my armpit so much, it hurt when I raised my arm. But for the past year it hasn't hurt at all, but it hasn't got any larger.
Just now I was feeling my nodes again and I thought I'd check my groin.. and along the bone I can feel a few.. is this normal?
Can you feel tiny lymph nodes in your armpit, groin and neck?
Thanks :)