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How Big Do Lymph Nodes Get With Hiv
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you said lymph nodes are common; what if just one lymph node is swollenin your reply to someone you said that lymph nodes are very common in hiv infected people. what about if just one node is swollen? if it were hiv would that necessarily mean that more nodes would be swollen? i had unprotected sex. i have a...
Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Enlarged lymph nodes are part and parcel of HIV. These enlarged lymph nodes represent the body's attempt at fighting off the HIV virus. Usually there is "generalized lymphadenopathy"; what this means is that there are many swollen...
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Lymph nodes everywhere! Are collarbone lymph nodes more likely to be cancer?My husband 29, has soft grape sized lymph nodes near his left collarbone, head, back of neck and... Read more »lymph nodes big behind earhello, I am just wondering about something that i have just found about a month ago. There is a... Read more »
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Help w/HIV & lymph node/cancer info...
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
I've been poz almost 9 years (diagnosed 8 years ago) and on meds since May '97 and have always been healthy and asymptomatic. On my quarterly trip to the doctor last week he found that my right axillary lymph node is swollen "a little to big for...
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Q for HIV+ people about swollen lymph nodes
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Q for HIV+ people about swollen lymph nodesI would like to know if when you have swollen glands in the neck are they sore or painless? I just took the plunge and took my 2nd HIV testI am awaiting my results, which should be ready, this fri-sat. I am... Read more » Does HIV always cause swollen lymph nodes?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Even if you do not have any other symptoms will swollen gland always appear in the first few weeks of infection?
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lymph nodes
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Besides HIV, MONO, Hodgkins, and lymphoma what other things can cause all the lymph nodes in the body to swell? I have swollen nodes but continue to test negative. I tested negative for mono as well. I have been to the doctor and have had a CBC...
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