3 Year Old Daughter with Weird Lymph Node Problem

My daughter has had a swollen lymph node in her neck since she was 18 months. My story sounds very similar, she was sick, so they said the antibiotic should clear it up. When it didn't I took her back in, then they said, it sometimes can take longer even after the antibiotic. Took her back in when I noticed another one pop up (but also had a cold at the time). Still said she was fine The new one that popped up did go back down. So at her next well check visit (was shortly after all this) I mentioned it still very much concerned me. Her Dr. still said he felt it was nothing to worry about but for piece of mind for me ordered a CBC. CBC came back normal. He said from this point on I should look for signs of fatigue, fever and or growth of the lymph node or other swollen lymph nodes. She is almost 4 and we still watch it and still have it checked when in at the Dr's She is a ball of energy and not sick very often. From what I've read, the next thing I can do is have it surgically removed if it bothers me that much, but for now I don't want to go that route.

In regards to what LeeLee said, I'm pretty sure the CBC is your next step to check for cancer. So I do believe you're already following the right steps.

Just in case they haven't covered this - when my son was three (now is 30), he developed a lump overnight and they did the tuberculous test. He had contracted a non-human form of TB from contaminated soil. Medication didn't help, so he had glands removed in his neck with a minor surgery. Has not had a problem since.

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Just in case they haven't covered this - when my son was three (now is 30), he developed a lump overnight and they did the tuberculous test. He had contracted a non-human form of TB from contaminated soil. Medication didn't help, so he had glands removed in his neck with a minor surgery. Has not had a problem since.

how enlarged is this lymph node? my son has several in his neck that we can constantly see and feel but they are pea size and move around and dont bother him. The doctors have always just said watch it for growth or if it quits moving around. Wait on the cbc and see what those results are and if they are fine it just might be something she has.

I used to get sinisitis, strep, tonsilitis a lot. Around age thirty I developed a permanantly swollen lymph node.

Many, many doctors have seen me since, and none of them have been concerned. I am now fifty.

Not that you shouldn't see a doctor, but I thought this might reassure you for now.

when I was a kid I had a strange allergic reaction to who knows what and from then on I had a knot in my neck for years and years. It eventually went away on its own. Try to assume the best until you know otherwise from the CBC. My DD has small pea sized nodules on the back of her head (and has from infancy). The doctor said they're nothing to be concerned about unless they change in size.

HI there,
I in no way want to worry you, but a friend had an enlarged lymph node in his neck, as well. When he finally had it looked in to, he was diagnosed with lymphoma, which is cancer. I would definitely get a second opinion from a different doctor to put your mind at ease. You are right to want to follow up on this! Good luck!

My daughter is 15 yrs old. When she was 18 months I took her to children's hospital and I ended up staying for 2 weeks they ran every test they could think of put her on a antibiotic for 6 months called byoxcin said it was aspergolas and atypical tb after they did biopsy on it but her being 15 she get a hole bunch of red bumps where they did the biopsy and I just found out she doesn't have aspergolus and still don't know what's wrong with her she still gets the scores around the cut where they did the biopsy they kept her for 2 weeks and I still want to know why she keeps getting sores around where they did the biopsy

A.,
My son, 14 now, but last year when he was 13 or right before he turned 13, noticed a lump on the side of his neck. This was spring time, he was just starting to show signs of puberty, so I thought it wasn't anything, just too much hormones... Well the lump stayed all summer long and when he went to start school and play 8th grade football, it started to get larger. It ended up being the size of large gum ball. Well, the doctor didn't know what it was at first so sent us to a specialist, then the specialist did CAT scan, which lead to a fine needle aspiration. Then we finally found out he had an enlarged lymph node, but there were a lot of abnormal cells. I felt so bad because at first I thought it was nothing. The specialist sent us to another specialist that dealt more with lymphoma which was really scary. In the meantime he put him on strong antibiotics. They worked, it started to go down by the time we went to the 2nd specialist and he said lets just keep watching it, he didn't want to have to remove it.

My son has had really bad allergies since he was young, the whole time he had that, he didn't have any signs. I would have to keep him inside during the spring because they get really bad. Not that spring. When they weren't sure and test didn't come back good, I started to worry because I waited so long because my gut feeling at first was there is nothing wrong. It went away and this past spring he was back having his allergies. Before we went to the 1st specialist, his doctor had him on amoxillin for strep throat, the enlarged lymph node didn't change. I think the drug that worked was called augmentin or something like it. So may be they just need to give her some stronger antibiotics.
Hugs going out, I hope it does go away soon!