Swollen glad for months

[textbookcase]

K had some type of infection in late August/early Sept. At first they thought it was strep throat, then she had a gnarly reaction to the amoxicillan, then they thought it was mono. Strep and mono tests were negative and all blood work came back normal, so they just chalked it up to some kind of unspecified virus. After the antibiotics she still had a swollen gland in her neck, but the pedi said that was normal, sometimes it takes awhile for it to go back down. I took her back for a follow-up appointment after about a month and he still wasn't concerned. Anyhow, it's been 4 months and it's still swollen. It hasn't gotten bigger, and it hasn't gotten smaller. Other than the swollen gland she has been perfectly healthy and normal, not extra tired or feverish or anything. I made her another appointment with her pedi, but I'm wondering if I should get an appointment with the children's hospital as our rural medical services aren't usually the best.

[claudiajean]

Ancedotal, but my son's took 5 months to go down after a really bad virus. His ENT said that was on the high side of normal and just kept watching it. It went away, he got another virus, and it swelled again. That was a month ago and it is still swollen.

I'd take her in if it gets bigger, but if she has no other symptoms, I would wait.

[textbookcase]

Dec 7, 2015 14:23:52 GMT -5 claudiajean said:

Ancedotal, but my son's took 5 months to go down after a really bad virus. His ENT said that was on the high side of normal and just kept watching it. It went away, he got another virus, and it swelled again. That was a month ago and it is still swollen.

I'd take her in if it gets bigger, but if she has no other symptoms, I would wait.

Thanks! I'll see what her ped says this week. It's just disconcerting!

[tootsie]

I've had a chronic swollen gland for about 1.5 years. I've asked my dad's nurse practitioner fiance and my gyn, and they both said it's fine as long as it's not painful and doesn't have sudden changes. It really freaked me out at first, and I can't say I'm really satisfied with the answers I've gotten.