Hello. I’ve been reading through various posts on this wonderful site and have finally taken the plunge and started my own. I noticed that the lymph nodes either side of my neck and under my jaw were raised about 7 weeks ago - they could have been there longer, I just happened to be poking around at this time due to a bit of anxiety about something else. I checked my groin and there were also a few raised either side there too and one either side on my collar bone. Cue googling and… you guessed it, massive panic!!

A few weeks later I saw my GP who said they were probably down to a mild cold I’d had a couple of weeks before, ideally I should just forget about them, but if they were really worrying me to come back in 4 weeks if they were still raised. They are still raised, so I have an appointment to see her next week. I don’t really have any other symptoms but then I’ve read often people don’t - I’ve had frequent headaches the last couple of months, and my body feels a bit achy, but that’s not too unusual for me.

The nodes aren’t huge about 1cm in my neck, just over 1cm in my groin and less than 1cm by my collar bone. The two under my jaw are big, like walnuts, but possibly these are salivary glands? One in my neck has gotten a little bigger (about 1.5cm) but I think the others have all remained a similar size. I’ve noticed one in the front of my neck and one in the back, which maybe new, or maybe I just hadn’t noticed before.

I’ve not managed to find many people talking about this kind of widespread swelling and I’m worried that as the nodes are effected in so many areas that whatever this is could be quite advanced. I’ve looked into other things that can cause this such as lupus and glandular fever but I don’t seem to have the symptoms of those. Thank you to anyone who has bothered to read all of this rambling!! I’d really appreciate any thoughts or support.