When a child is sick, this is not pleasant. However, along with the common cold, in which, in principle, there is no danger, more serious diseases may occur. These include the situation when the lymph node on the neck in children becomes inflamed . The disease is called lymphadenitis. A similar situation occurs when a child is under the influence of an infection for a long time, because the lymph nodes are a kind of body barrier that protects him from negative influences.
In other words, if the child has lymph nodes enlarged, this indicates that an infection has settled in the body that needs to be found and eliminated. Lymphadenitis is a secondary disease that serves as a signal to search for the main cause of a violation of certain functions of the body.
What can be the main factors leading to the fact that the lymph node in the neck in children begins to increase? If its increase occurred on the neck, this may be due to infection in the nasopharynx, as well as the presence of a tumor or tuberculosis. If inflamed lymph nodes began to appear in children on the front of the neck, this should encourage parents to pay attention to the jaw. Perhaps an abscess, stomatitis, infections of the lower lip or teeth develop in this area. Almost all diseases can be detected by an external examination.
It is very simple to detect such inflammation in a tactile way. The lymph node on the neck in children, which is inflamed, feels like a ball that easily rolls when touched. The child feels severe pain when touching the affected area.
Sometimes a similar reaction of the body, that is, inflammation of the lymph nodes, may indicate the presence of a malignant tumor.
It should be noted that you should not treat this condition yourself. The thing is that you need to correctly establish the cause of inflammation and treat it, and not the consequence.
If suppuration occurs, the doctor usually prescribes antibiotics. And that pus that managed to accumulate is removed only after opening the lymph node.
Among the infectious diseases that can lead to the fact that the lymph node in the neck in children begins to increase, rubella, toxoplasmosis, infectious mononucleosis, and also measles can be called. Moreover, inflammation does not always develop immediately: its first signs may begin to appear after two to three weeks.
If the lymph nodes increase on the head, this may indicate the presence of an inflammatory process in the middle or outer ear, as well as furunculosis of the scalp. Sometimes the cause can be allergic dermatitis. In this area, an increase in lymph nodes is also observed in the presence of streptococcal tonsillitis or tonsillar diphtheria. These diseases are considered very dangerous to health.
If parents noticed an increase in lymph nodes in some area of the child, they should definitely seek the advice of a specialist, and any treatment should be started only under his strict control. It should be remembered that the place of inflammation in this case is strictly forbidden to warm up so that the process of active suppuration does not begin.