Groin lymph gland up

[choclab]

hi , worried sick , last night i found one of my lymph glands up on my right groin like where knickers sit to right a bit from that area , worried what could be ...:-(

i have had glands up in past on neck and pits , and doc has just said they often come up due to infection and sometimes don't go down or take time to ..
could this be the case with a groin one ? although i feel fine , bit run down but most of us are ....

i will get appt , but god knows when as can never get in ..

but in mean time I'm trying to keep in perspective ....any one had similar ...

If it was something all overish, yes, it would

Sounds like good things trigger the anxiety? I get that. Sort of a version of 'I don't deserve/expect/trust wonderful things to happen' so if you book a holiday, it follows something awful will happen!

Really honestly doesn't sound worrying, choc, so make a GP appointment as a peace of mind strategy, and start preparing for your holiday. Its amazing how many sudden 'omg I have to get this checked out in case its xyz' visits to doctors I've had just before a holiday - totally relate!

Stop it choclab
Btw you can make any part of you granular and bigger by checking/ poking at it, let alone an already swollen for no sinister reason gland.

been googling , said on one site , if the gland less that 2cm or 3/4 of an inch in a young adult or child considered normal ....im just 40 ....it is less than that slightly ... def no bigger that 2 cm ...

does that make me higher risk ,,, tried to get appt today but no joy , got to call tomorrow ...see if i can get seen for piece of mind ...

and yes have been poking again ...cant help it ...feel happy then worry ..

someone needs to slap me ...

You are beyond MN help

No, you are not higher risk. Yes, you need an appointment, otherwise you will drive yourself potty.

Its not long since your blood test, I would bet anything you are fine. Glands can take AGES to go back to normal - when was your last infection (viral, bacterial, any sort)?

sorry EB ...

no idea last infection although did have boil thing down there(due to shaving ) few years back and a little pimple thinking about it around xmas .. soon went once i gave a squeeze thrush at christmas and in march again ...

it could well be there for some time ...and i just noticed ..

i don't know I'm nuts , or i feel it , its by no means HUGE like a grape or melon ..lol

but i got myself in a twizz ...

and doc did sy some time ago when i went for glad in neck that they can stay up for ages and sometimes never regain there" normal form "

Oh, choclab, I'm sorry to see that you are still in the grip of HA

Re:lymph node. There's quite a few of them in your groin area and some will be more palpable, some barely so. I have a few that I can feel, same under arms and on my neck. It is normal for them to swell because of more less obvious reasons and very often they stay bigger for a while/forever. From what you said it sounds totally normal.

Now, I agree with the poster above who said that it's because you have something nice planned (holiday) you feel that all cannot be good and well and some sort of disaster is due to strike. That is not so, it is perfectly possible to have a long stretch of time when nothing bad happens (and for most people, nothing really terrible happens for most of their life). Just relax, enjoy the thought of holidays...and get thee to the GP again, please, to tackle the HA.

don't be sorry, choc I'm sorry you feel so bad, HA is a bugger.

Winny speaks sense. Sounds like the thrush made it come up, and up it has stayed - mine were up for weeks and weeks and weeks after the shingles.

Good luck getting gp apt!

thank you winnybella and EB,you have both been kind and understanding , regarding the HA , i have had a crap week last week which i goes has set me off.

i know you both talking sense , i guess I'm waiting for reassurance that someone has had same ...then i will feel better ..
seeking reassurance from the GP i guess is the only option ...i will try tomorrow to get an appt , but they mainly have emergency appt left on the day ...or its a 2 week wait ...

i do have some under my arm pit that have stayed up and haven't changed so maybe this is same

thank you for listening x

got appt at 5.20 today

Well done

Here's to reassurance in less than 2 hours. If you have some in arm pit, almost certainly same thing going on in groin.

Thanks EB I'm having kittens here ...
going in a mo , ill report back later ...
x

Back now , Doc was very understanding , had a good feel and said all was fine and normal and some of us do feel glands more than others ,and i am tiny , but said was soft and how should be .. so all ok ..fewwww feel a lot better having been for check up ...she looked up my notes and bloods that i had done a month ago they were all fine .and blood P fine to ...
so now just got to calm down and move on ....

thanks for listening all xx EB (((hug))

Good

Enjoy your hols!

Could just be ovulation? Lymph nodes in the groin swell during OV.

just finished my period so u never know ...thanks EB