hiya i dont know where to start really... after bathin my son back in march i noticed 2 lumps on the left side of his groin... my first thought was he had a hernia so i went off to the docs with him.. doc informed me that they was lymph nodes and he could feel 3 not two like i could see.. was told to take him back in 4 weeks if they hadnt gone down.. in the meantime my son continued to get more nodes come up but this time on his right side... (bearin in mind my son has not been ill for ages no cough,cold nothin!!) so i took him back to docs who checked him again and refered him to pediatrics... and for bloods. once we seen consult he didnt even check my son before blamin it on a virus!! his bloods he said was normal when infact he is borderline anemic and had low white blood count?? was told not to go back unless my son loses weight??? since then my sons nodes hasnt gone down and i can feel more comin up in his neck (very small at mo) he does however have intermittent night sweats that can make his bed and pillow really wet and he often gets bit short of breath.. ( he had xray was told it was normal... but there was a gland showin on his collor bone bit but he said that was normal tooo? is it normal to see lymh nodes on xrays??) he has also had few episodes of runny bum... doctors keep tellin me its nothin,,, but his nodes have been up since march (may have been there longer as i only noticed them in march) and still there now... one of them feels bout 2/3 cm long but i not sure if it a cluster close together or just one long one... gettin worried because he had no sign or symptoms of infection at all prior to this nodes appearin and i cant see a reason for why they have come up?? docs infuriate me as i have fibromyalgia, so they get sick of me goin and i feel like they think i wish my son ill!!... which i dont, i just wanna know why these nodes are there and why is more appearin??? i have no reasonin for why?? if he had been really poorly with a cold etc i would accept it was from a bug but why have loads come up in his groin... normally i would expect them to be up in his neck if it was a virus?? should i be worried??? cant get my head round it as i have no answers to why part from docs sayin virus... which they tend to blame it on when they havent a clue... he has just had bloods again and seein doc tomoz for results but doc only done a repeat a month later so apparently... i can draw a line under it .. to amuse me really!! think its digustin really as if it is a virus what virus is it then??? worried cause of lymphoma and know it can be hard to diagnose as it doesnt always show in blood dependin on type... am i bein silly and take docs word or shall i ask for second opinion??? if the glands had shown to be goin down i wouldnt worry but because more is there now and some bigger from march and i can feel tiny ones in his neck startin i cant let it lye!! specially as he wasnt ill with bug before hand!! all doesnt make sense.. surely glands dont just pop up.. there has to be reason for it?? please help and has anyone else had this with their child and what was the outcome!!