Jordanw
02-05-15, 21:23
Hello, I am an 18 year old relatively healthy male. I am studying in my last year of college, go to the gym, work at the weekends, socialise ext. Although I do smoke around 5 ciggarettes a day.
Around a month and a half ago I had a nasty sore throat and was coughing up alot of phlegm. I felt 3 lumps in my neck and for the first time in my life worried excesively and began googling my symptoms which automatically exacberated anxiety (this is all very new for me!). I saw not one, but two doctors at the time who said that they are reactive lymph nodes due to a throat infection and told me not to worry.*
Fast forward to today and I can still feel two lymph nodes. My anxiety levels have fallen dramatically and I am googling much less. However at the back of my mind I still have a little bit of worry and I sometimes relapse and ask Dr Google whats wrong with me.
I just wanted another opinion on wheter I'm being a hypochondriac or if I should seek further medical attention.
One last point, the nodes are moveable and are a little larger than a pea to give a rough estimate of size.
Thanks so much for reading through my rather long rant and I look forward to reading your replies, hope it can reassure me because if these lumps affect my A level grades I'll never forgive myself! Really hope this is me just being irational :).
All the best, Jordan.
Around a month and a half ago I had a nasty sore throat and was coughing up alot of phlegm. I felt 3 lumps in my neck and for the first time in my life worried excesively and began googling my symptoms which automatically exacberated anxiety (this is all very new for me!). I saw not one, but two doctors at the time who said that they are reactive lymph nodes due to a throat infection and told me not to worry.*
Fast forward to today and I can still feel two lymph nodes. My anxiety levels have fallen dramatically and I am googling much less. However at the back of my mind I still have a little bit of worry and I sometimes relapse and ask Dr Google whats wrong with me.
I just wanted another opinion on wheter I'm being a hypochondriac or if I should seek further medical attention.
One last point, the nodes are moveable and are a little larger than a pea to give a rough estimate of size.
Thanks so much for reading through my rather long rant and I look forward to reading your replies, hope it can reassure me because if these lumps affect my A level grades I'll never forgive myself! Really hope this is me just being irational :).
All the best, Jordan.