Thankfully he survived, as did the next one, and they’ve helped me to grow and to help YOU, the parent, in so many ways. He proceeded to make me very aware of how little I actually knew. My education, experience in medicine, and cocky attitude made me feel like I knew it all before my first one came around. "I didn’t realize how important the job of the pediatrician was until I had kids of my own. Get to know Digital Medical Advisor Diane Arnaout, M.D., a Cook Children's pediatrician at Forest Park Any trouble with swallowing or breathing.If a child is losing weight, is extremely lethargic (droopy and exhausted all the time), is having unexplained fevers for more than 5 days, or has soaking night sweats, come in.If you notice more numbers of LNs in an area are getting large.Lymph nodes that are getting larger over time with no illness that seems to be causing it.Lymph nodes that remain enlarged after 2-3 weeks of an illness.So, if LNs are red or very painful to touch, bring them in. We sometimes need to treat them with antibiotics. They can get red or pretty painful if this happens. ![]() Sometimes, the lymph nodes themselves get infected.The general rule is, while lymph nodes may actually get large while your child is sick, they tend to shrink back to normal size in 2-3 weeks.So the groin lymph nodes (for the leg) and the armpit LNs (for the arm). If an arm or a leg has an impressive bug bite, allergic reaction, rash, you name it - the lymph nodes that drain the area may get a little larger for a few weeks.Babies have lymph nodes in the back of their head/skull that are very easy to feel.My 8 year old has three in his neck that I can see almost all the time when he turns his head. Kids, in general, are leaner than us, and many of the nodes are close to the surface. ![]()
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