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home:symptoms:lymph [03.16.2012] – paulalberthome:symptoms:lymph [01.19.2020] – [When one's doctor suspects enlarged lymph nodes may be cancer] sallieq
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 ====== Swollen lymph glands ====== ====== Swollen lymph glands ======
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 +===== Introduction =====
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 Lymph nodes play a criticial role in removing bacteria, abnormal cells and other matter as part of the immune system reaction to invasion by pathogens.  Lymph nodes play a criticial role in removing bacteria, abnormal cells and other matter as part of the immune system reaction to invasion by pathogens. 
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 In the case of sarcoidosis, most patients with lymphadenopathy had tests which ruled out lymphoma (cancer) before they were diagnosed with that illness. In the case of sarcoidosis, most patients with lymphadenopathy had tests which ruled out lymphoma (cancer) before they were diagnosed with that illness.
  
-Patients and doctors who do not understand the nature of immunopathology that occurs during the Marshall Protocol may become alarmed when lymph nodes increase in size or do not decrease. Doctors may want to reassure themselves or the patient by doing additional biopsies to, once again, rule out lympoma. However, this invasive procedure is rarely necessary. Since lymphoma develops very slowly, a "watch and wait" tactic is more appropriate. [[home:mp:managing_immunopathology|Slowing down immunopathology]] or, if necessary, taking a break from the Protocol can also be done if anyone needs immediate reassurance that inflammation is responsible for emergent or increase lymphadenopathy while on the MP.+Patients and doctors who do not understand the nature of immunopathology that occurs during the Marshall Protocol may become alarmed when lymph nodes increase in size or do not decrease. Doctors may want to reassure themselves or the patient by doing additional biopsies to, once again, rule out lymphoma. However, this invasive procedure is rarely necessary. Since lymphoma develops very slowly, a "watch and wait" tactic is more appropriate. [[home:mp:managing_immunopathology|Slowing down immunopathology]] or, if necessary, taking a break from the Protocol can also be done if anyone needs immediate reassurance that inflammation is responsible for emergent or increased lymphadenopathy while on the MP.
  
  
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 My lumps I think  may be a mixture of enlarged lymph glands, lipomas, fat deposits.. .maybe granulomatous fibrosis or scarring. (?)  Don't really know without a biopsy.  I guess I've come to an uneasy acceptance that it doesn't matter....MP will hopefully address them all. My lumps I think  may be a mixture of enlarged lymph glands, lipomas, fat deposits.. .maybe granulomatous fibrosis or scarring. (?)  Don't really know without a biopsy.  I guess I've come to an uneasy acceptance that it doesn't matter....MP will hopefully address them all.
  
-Well, during phase I and much of Modified Phase II, which I'm on now (approx 9 months total on MP) has seen an increase in lumps/lymph etc.  Often these are very tender for a while, then eventually seem to become painless, though still enalrged or swollen.  In the last month I have noticed that the chain of lumps/lymph on my right leg have truly begun to decrease.  I didn't quite believe it at first as it was a very slow process.  But they have absolutely become smaller....either getting softer and then fading away or getting smaller and becoming very hard, like the tip of a  pin for sewing with those little knobs on top.  Then, they seem to get absorbed.  This has been SO reassuring to me.  Even as I see that I may have more swellng/enlargement throughout MP,  as I still am experiencing now in other parts of my body, I can feel reassured that there is a good chance they will eventually dissolve/be reabsorbed/melt away...whatever.  Helps much with my anxiety about the whole thing, too.  :)+Well, during phase I and much of Modified Phase II, which I'm on now (approx 9 months total on MP) has seen an increase in lumps/lymph etc.  Often these are very tender for a while, then eventually seem to become painless, though still enlarged or swollen.  In the last month I have noticed that the chain of lumps/lymph on my right leg have truly begun to decrease.  I didn't quite believe it at first as it was a very slow process.  But they have absolutely become smaller....either getting softer and then fading away or getting smaller and becoming very hard, like the tip of a  pin for sewing with those little knobs on top.  Then, they seem to get absorbed.  This has been SO reassuring to me.  Even as I see that I may have more swellng/enlargement throughout MP,  as I still am experiencing now in other parts of my body, I can feel reassured that there is a good chance they will eventually dissolve/be reabsorbed/melt away...whatever.  Helps much with my anxiety about the whole thing, too.  :)
  
 //**SherryH**, MarshallProtocol.com//</blockquote> //**SherryH**, MarshallProtocol.com//</blockquote>
  
  
 +===== Lymphatic system diagram =====
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 +Lymphatic drainage massage is done with gentle hand pressure moving very slowly from the furthest away body part toward the nearest nodes.
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 +===== Research =====
  
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