Re: Lymph node that fluctuates in size??
Lymph nodes don't like being poked and prodded. They will swell the more you annoy them - particularly if this is a daily occurence (and I suspect in those that obsess over them, it's probably a case of multiple times per day).
I think I've said on here before that my first ever fear was HIV way back in 2011, before I'd joined the forums. Swollen nodes is a common sign in HIV infected persons. I then was dating a medical student a while later who said that if my nodes were swollen, I'd know it. I didn't believe him.
Nevertheless, I came down with strep throat sometime later. My nodes were swollen and I did know it! There's no mistaking it.
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