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Lymph Nodes Swollen (Glands)
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Lymph Nodes Swollen (Glands)
Gland swelling commonly refers to enlargement of the lymph glands. Swollen lymph glands are usually a sign of infection. Lymph glands, also called lymph nodes, are small lumps of tissue that contain white blood cells and help fight infection. They are an important part of the immune system and are found throughout the body.
Symptom classification
Body areaEntire Body
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
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- Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis
- Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
- Acyltransferase Deficiency
- African Trypanosomiasis
- AIDS
- Anthrax
- Bacillary Angiomatosis
- Bejel
- Berylliosis
- Boils (Furuncles)
- Burkitts Lymphoma
- Cat Scratch Disease
- Cellulitis
- Chancroid
- Changas Disease
- Chlamydia
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Cogans Syndrome
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency
- Congenital Syphilis
- Congenital Toxoplasmosis
- Cutaneous Abscess
- Cytomegalovirus Infection
- Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
- Diphtheria
- Eastern Tick Borne Rickettsioses
- Ecthyma
- Eosinophilia
- Exfoliative Dermatitis
- Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV AIDS)
- IgG Heavy Chain Disease
- Impetigo
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Kawasaki Disease
- Laryngitis
- Leukemia (acute Myeloid)
- Lyme Disease
- Lymphadenitis
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphocytic Interstitial Pneumonitis
- Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia
- Macroglobulinemia
- Mantle Cell Lymphoma
- Marburg Infections
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Monkeypox
- Mycosis Fungoides
- Neonatal Listeriosis
- Neutropenia
- Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
- Oroya Fever
- Pagets Disease of The Nipple
- Paracoccidioidomycosis
- Pinta
- Plague
- Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
- Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia
- Pneumonia in The Immunocompromised Host
- Rickettsialpox
- Rubella
- Scrub Typhus
- Stomach Cancer
- Thrombocytosis
- Thyroid Cancer
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trematode Infections
- Tularemia
- Urethral Cancer
- Whipples Disease
- X Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
- Yaws