What are the effects of swollen lymph nodes in the elderly?

The elderly with swollen lymph nodes in many parts of the body will have a great impact on the body, such as a decrease in the lymphatic system, a decrease in lymphatic hormone secretion levels, thyroid diseases, heart diseases, immune diseases, and other organ complications, which have a very great impact on people's physical health and need to be carried out in time.

It will affect the appetite of the elderly, and will also cause other pathologies, malignant diseases, or bad symptoms, and will also affect the health of the elderly, and will also aggravate inflammation.

It will reduce the resistance of the elderly, and will also reduce the immunity of the elderly, and will also make the elderly suffer from some very serious diseases, and will also make the elderly feel very uncomfortable, if the situation is very serious, it is likely to make the elderly lose their lives.

Whether lymphadenopathy is severe or not depends on the swollen lymph nodes, which are mainly as follows.

The first is acute and chronic inflammation caused by various pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsia, tuberculosis, etc.

The second is various tumors, such as lymphoma and chronic leukemia, plasma cell tumors, distant tumor metastasis, and reactive hyperplasia, such as necrotizing proliferative lymphadenopathy, allergic subsepsis, systemic lupus erythematosus, etc.

There are also abnormal cell proliferation and metabolism, such as histiocytosis, lipid deposition disease and sarcoidosis, such as the kind of malignant tumor metastasis caused by lymphadenopathy is more serious, if it is caused by various inflammations, lymphadenopathy will be relieved after the inflammation recovers.

First of all, lymph nodes are lymphatic organs that are unique to mammals, including humans.

There are about 450 lymph nodes in the human body, the common ones are 10 groups, which are bean-shaped under normal circumstances, located in the pathway of lymphatic reflux, mostly grouped and symmetrical, and the superficial lymph nodes are distributed in the submandibular area, anterior neck, supraclavicular bavicle, armpit, groin, etc., which are important organs that filter lymph and produce immune responses.

Swollen lymph nodes are often due to the presence of a nearby organ with a foci of infection, such as a bloodstream infection or a systemic infection, usually accompanied by fever.

As for the lump under the forehead, it is generally unlikely that it is a lymph node!

They may be in -, fascia, muscle, adipose tissue, bone.

Such as**Yu**, mostly hair follicle inflammation, boils, general texture is soft, **red and swollen, appropriate anti-infection, external medicine can be cured.

If it is in the muscle layer, it may be a fibroid, which is generally hard, and there may be similar lumps in other parts of the body, which need to be surgically removed if necessary.

If it is adipose tissue, it can also be a lipoma, with a medium texture, and the lump can be ignored when it is very small, and it is also surgically removed if necessary.