About 1.5 Weeks I Was Waking Up In Morning With

Posted on Sun, 4 Aug 2019

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Question : About 1.5 weeks i was waking up in morning with green thick phlegm, that went away but yesterday i was checking and I have a bean sized lymph on left collar bone area. It is moveable but not tender. Also my throat is red right now. Can that lymph be from that? Because I have nothing but bad things about lymphs in that location. I had a full blood test done 3 weeks ago and it is clear.

Answered by Dr. Suresh Heijebu (48 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Swollen lymph node is reactive to infection in throat

Detailed Answer:
Hello

I can certainly understand your concern.

I have worked through your attached query in detail.

The swollen lymph node in your case is possibly related to the infection in the throat.

The redness Indicate infection. This infection might be tracking down the chest producing green phlegm.

The swollen lymph node can be as a result of ongoing infection as a defence mechanism to combat infection.

This should gradually subside in the due course of time.

Post your further questions if any.

Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Suresh Heijebu (1 hour later)

Did you read where it is located ? I sent pictures to show location, i thought throat doesnt belong to this lymph location?

Answered by Dr. Suresh Heijebu (44 hours later)

Brief Answer:
A throat infection can still present in this region

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

I have worked through your attached reports in detail.

The lymphatic drainage of the throat region still presents as a swollen node in the area concerned.

Post your further questions if any.
Thank you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee