socksrox
12-11-19, 06:04
i need some advice before i start googling off the deep end.
for the past couple of days i've been dealing with a sudden cold (or fever) and my symptoms have been a sore throat, general aches, dizziness, and feeling unwell. i know lymph nodes swell when you're sick, but this one is swollen REALLY big. i can feel it definitely and even see where it's swollen if i look in the mirror, and it's only on one side.
i don't want to touch and prod at it too much, but it feels uncomfortable when i press against it and is squishy. its definitely bigger than just pea-sized and im not just pretending it's swollen, and i'm not sure if this is normal for lymph nodes that swell up when someone's sick. wouldn't both lymph nodes on the sides of my neck swell up if this were the case? and why would this one be so big?
i'm not panicking just yet since i'm still suffering from a sore throat (i haven't eaten a thing yet today because of how much it hurts to swallow,) but i can't find anything that relates to my experience without it being sinister. and i don't want to google too much and set myself off into a full-blown panic. just need some advice and see if this has happened to others as well.
for the past couple of days i've been dealing with a sudden cold (or fever) and my symptoms have been a sore throat, general aches, dizziness, and feeling unwell. i know lymph nodes swell when you're sick, but this one is swollen REALLY big. i can feel it definitely and even see where it's swollen if i look in the mirror, and it's only on one side.
i don't want to touch and prod at it too much, but it feels uncomfortable when i press against it and is squishy. its definitely bigger than just pea-sized and im not just pretending it's swollen, and i'm not sure if this is normal for lymph nodes that swell up when someone's sick. wouldn't both lymph nodes on the sides of my neck swell up if this were the case? and why would this one be so big?
i'm not panicking just yet since i'm still suffering from a sore throat (i haven't eaten a thing yet today because of how much it hurts to swallow,) but i can't find anything that relates to my experience without it being sinister. and i don't want to google too much and set myself off into a full-blown panic. just need some advice and see if this has happened to others as well.