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Tiny groin lymph nodes in a 15-month-old, is this normal?

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Anxiousfirsttimemom · 04/05/2026 05:47

To preface, doctor isn’t concerned at all but would like to hear from parents to fully alleviate my fixation into this. I have diagnosed anxiety and ocd

Is it normal to feel a few minuscule bead like lymph nodes like the size of one of those silica packet beads (or like bean bag bead size) along toddler’s groin area? I can’t think of anything else that’s similar haha. Like the beads in a normal sized stuffed animal.

They move, have to press down kinda hard to feel. One of them is ever so slightly bigger but def smaller than a cm

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QuirkyHorse · 04/05/2026 05:52

My dd had a lump behind her knee at 3 and was referred to pediatrics.
Upon examining her, he felt lymph nodes in her groin.
He asked if she was barefoot a lot, she was at that age.
If I recall correctly, he said it was the bodies natural immune response (something about being barefoot) and nothing to worry about. This was 20 years ago now 🤷🏻‍♀️
Had we not been referred, I would never have known about them.

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