The lymphatic system is one of the most important in the body. Its main role is to filter out potentially dangerous viruses and bacteria. To protect each organ, the "checkpoints" of the lymph system are located throughout the body. And if one of the lymph nodes - on the neck on the right under the jaw, for example - starts to hurt, then the pathogenic microorganism still managed to break through the natural defense of the body.
How to understand that the lymph node is inflamed?
In the body there are several dozen lymph nodes - on the neck, under the arms, in the groin. In a healthy state, they are not probed and do not make themselves felt. At any disturbances in the functioning of the lymphatic system, the nodes increase and often begin to ache. Sometimes the main symptoms are accompanied:
- increased temperature;
- redness of the skin;
- general malaise;
- sleep disturbance;
- nervousness.
Because of what the lymph node can be ill under the jaw right?
If the soreness does not worry too much and disappears in a day or two, you do not have to worry, although just in case, the main set of tests will not interfere. It is quite another matter if you can not get rid of edema and discomfort for several weeks.
Usually, inflammation of the lymph nodes under the jaw indicates a disease of the teeth or ENT organs. Among the main causes of inflammation, you can separately identify the following:
- Caries. The launched form of the disease is dangerous. At the initial stages, it destroys the enamel. And if caries can not be cured, it can penetrate deep into the root - and provoke inflammation.
- Infection. A lymph node can be very sick under the jaw because of various infectious diseases: tonsillitis , tonsillitis, mumps, measles, sinusitis.
- Injury. Bruises and wounds (especially festering) also lead to inflammation.
- Atheroma. It is a benign tumor that can cause pain in the throat and lymph nodes under the jaw.
- Lupus erythematosus. The disease is rare, but sometimes the cause of inflammation of the lymphatic
nodes it becomes it. - AIDS and HIV.
- Cancer. With oncology, in addition to pain in the lymph nodes, tumors of impressive size appear on the neck under the jaw. In some patients, a hematoma can also form in the lesion.
To cure a swollen lymph node, you first need to understand why it has increased in size. Understand the diagnosis will help only the doctor and then only after a serious comprehensive examination.