Lymph nodes are small clusters, clusters and nodes, characterized by elasticity and rotation. They are interconnected with channels called lymph channels. Each one is affected by the other. The size of the pea is not larger than the size of the pea. It is spread in different areas of the body such as the side of the neck and the back of the head , Under the armpits, at both ends, and in these areas can be easily felt by humans, but in the abdomen and stomach, which also exist in them can not be felt at all, whether normal or enlarged by infection or injury.
The lymph nodes are an integral part of the immune system in the human body. It works to secrete special proteins that surround the virus or source of infection until they are eliminated and eliminated most of the time. The causes of swelling, swelling or dysfunction, These include throat infections, tonsillitis, colds, multiple dental injuries, and diseases related to different areas of the skin in general. Influenza, genital tract infections, Or infections of the leg, or chickenpox, or many types of fever to the infection in the lymph nodes also, and can arise complications of some drugs and drugs that affect many of the glands and also works to infect them, and unlike what is common among people, diseases such as leukemia, Lymphoma, and cancer are the most rare causes in terms of causing infections and diseases of these glands.
Different methods of treatment for lymph glands, depending on the type of infection, as these methods vary in treatment from one patient to another, but in the whole is one of the following:
- Drug therapy drugs such as vitamins C, proteins (B12), and some antibiotics.
- Treatment using natural herbs Kalyanson, peppercorn, ginger and others.
- Chemotherapy in case of malignant tumors.
- Radiotherapy is also in the case of cancer.
- Treatment by stem cell transplantation in the bone marrow, which is accompanied by chemotherapy.
- The best treatment is prevention. When a person feels that his or her lymphoma has swollen and is more than two weeks old and has not returned to its normal size, he has to speed up and proceed to a medical examination by a specialist doctor to determine the treatment.