Inflammation of lymph nodes and their treatment The cause of an increase in is it is often an infection or internal inflammation. Lymph nodes are the organs of the immune system, and their increase suggests that the body is fighting hard with any disease. Enlarged lymph nodes can speak of a small focal inflammation, as well as of the extensive inflammatory process of the whole organism and warn of a serious disease.

Even a small inflammation of the tonsils, toothache and common cold can be accompanied by an increase in lymph nodes. This reaction can lead to nervous exhaustion and a disturbance in the rhythm of life. Also, the cause of lymphadenitis can be mononucleosis infectious, toxoplasmosis, there are fewer cases of enlargement of nodes due to such serious diseases as leukemia, tuberculosis, lymphoma, and inflammation of the larynx.

Most of the lymphadenitis occurs after various viral or bacterial infections, for example, an infection can get into the lymph node from the wound( furuncle( chiray), panaritium, etc.).

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The course of the disease.

Inflammation of lymph nodes with is accompanied by an obligatory increase in lymph nodes, and their soreness, as well as headache, weakness and general malaise, fever. With suppuration of the lymph nodes, signs of the disease are intensified several times, this is the appearance of intense pains, redness of the skin around the inflamed area, the nodes merge with each other and surrounding tissues, a pronounced swelling appears on this place, the lymph nodes themselves become immobile. The general condition of the patient is characterized as severe - a strong increase in body temperature, persistent headaches bordering on migraine, chills and increased heart rate. When putrefactive phlegmon to touch, you can listen to the "crunch of snow," in the hearth of defeat. Purulent lymphadenitis can affect deep tissues and lead to extensive sepsis.

Possible complications of acute and purulent lymphadenitis may be thrombophlebitis, the spread of to the cellular spaces of the purulent process( retroperitoneal, mediastinal), lymphatic fistula, septicopyemia.

The increase in only one lymph node does not yet indicate signs of a serious disease, especially if the process is not accompanied by pain and fever, it is only a sign that the inflamed lymph node is working much more intensively than all the others and after some time it will assume its normal state. The presence of the disease can be indicated only by a simultaneous increase in the number of lymph nodes. The diagnosis - lymphadenitis, can be established only after a full medical examination.

Treatment of the disease should be aimed at eliminating the cause that caused inflammation. To establish the true cause of the inflammatory process, it is necessary to find out the presence of microbial, lymphatic and microbial inflammation, as well as the presence / absence of malignant tumors and immune system defects. To establish the cause, it is necessary to carry out a series of studies, such as a blood test for planting a crop, planting flora from a throat, microbiological examination of sputum, ultrasound of enlarged nodes and the abdominal cavity. Also, to determine the cause of the inflammatory process, it is important to find out whether there was a rubella disease in the patient's history. There are also cases when the cause of enlarged lymph nodes is an allergy, so the consultation of immunologists and allergists is strictly necessary.

There are several types of lymphadenitis:

- acute nonspecific lymphadenitis - is caused by staphylococci, less often by streptococci and other gneiss microbes with their toxins and tissue decay products.

- chronic nonspecific lymphadenitis - occurs as a result of slow chronic inflammatory processes( tonsillitis, inflammation of the teeth, infected feet, microtrauma), and it can also be the result of acute lymphadenitis, in the case when the inflammatory process takes a prolonged chronic course. This form of lymphadenitis is productive and rarely passes into purulent forms.

- specific lymphadenitis - the causative agents of this form of the disease are syphilis, plague, tuberculosis, actinomycosis. Infection can penetrate the tonsils through the affected intrathoracic and other internal lymph nodes.

Stages of the disease.

Treatment of lymph nodes depends on the stage of the disease .Patients with acute lymphadenitis are subject to mandatory hospitalization. The initial forms of the disease are subject to conservative therapy, such as creating absolute rest for the patient, using a complex of physiotherapeutic agents, the use of therapeutic and antibacterial agents, a positive effect has local cooling.

Purulent inflammatory processes are subject only to surgical treatment: drainage of and opening of abscesses, adenophlegmon. Lymphatic re-admission and treatment of should occur according to the principle of treatment of purulent wounds. Particular attention should be paid to sanation of primary purulent infections. It is inadmissible to engage in self-treatment of "acne", wounds of scratches, and with inflammation of the lymph nodes should immediately consult a specialist, since this can indicate the onset of a purulent infection.

Treatment of chronic lymphadenitis should be aimed at eliminating the focal pathogen of the infection. Treatment should be lengthy. At the first stage, prescribe drugs such as tubazid, streptomycin in combination with ethynomide, protionamide and ethambutol for 8 to 15 months. In addition, the inflamed knot is streptomycin, compresses are applied with a solution of streptomycin, and also tubazine and tybonic ointments. At the expressed purulent process appoint the strengthened course of antibiotics of a wide spectrum of action.

Prevention of lymphadenitis is simple - it is rational and timely treatment of pyoinflammatory diseases, combating wound infection and preventing injuries.