Anxiety around lymph nodes in toddler

[miamae]

I hope nobody minds me creating a new thread.

Before I fell pregnant with my third I suffered from severe health anxiety about myself, however once I got pregnant it seemed to vanish, however now I'm nearing the end of my pregnancy (due next week) I'm finding the health anxiety is creeping back in and now it's all about worrying about my little boys health.

I have a 2 year old who always has had prominent lymph nodes in his neck, however more recently I've started to become anxious about them. I'm on Mat leave now but I was working full time so he was in nursery 5 days a week and he was always catching bugs|colds etc. So I just put it down to that. I felt them this morning and he has quite a few on the right side of his neck - he had a slight temp Sat|Sun so it could have just flared up again due to his illness, but I'm panicking it's something sinister.

I've rang the doctors and I'm just waiting for a call back but has anybody experienced the same with persistent lymph nodes in a toddler? My anxiety is sky high. He seems fine in himself, still drinking, eating and running around etc. My partner just doesn't get it and I wasn't really sure where to turn to for advice while I wait for the doctor to ring back.

 

[Sailorontheseasea]

I hope nobody minds me creating a new thread.

Before I fell pregnant with my third I suffered from severe health anxiety about myself, however once I got pregnant it seemed to vanish, however now I'm nearing the end of my pregnancy (due next week) I'm finding the health anxiety is creeping back in and now it's all about worrying about my little boys health.

I have a 2 year old who always has had prominent lymph nodes in his neck, however more recently I've started to become anxious about them. I'm on Mat leave now but I was working full time so he was in nursery 5 days a week and he was always catching bugs|colds etc. So I just put it down to that. I felt them this morning and he has quite a few on the right side of his neck - he had a slight temp Sat|Sun so it could have just flared up again due to his illness, but I'm panicking it's something sinister.

I've rang the doctors and I'm just waiting for a call back but has anybody experienced the same with persistent lymph nodes in a toddler? My anxiety is sky high. He seems fine in himself, still drinking, eating and running around etc. My partner just doesn't get it and I wasn't really sure where to turn to for advice while I wait for the doctor to ring back.

Yes and I had the same level of anxiety about it. It’s very common in young kids to have prominent lymph nodes and glands, as you say especially when they’re poorly. It makes me cringe looking at my eldests neck sometimes and they’re sticking out but I have been assured a couple of times it’s absolutely nothing to worry about. He’s very tall and skinny and always has been so I’ve always been able to see them! xx

 

[miamae]

Yes and I had the same level of anxiety about it. It’s very common in young kids to have prominent lymph nodes and glands, as you say especially when they’re poorly. It makes me cringe looking at my eldests neck sometimes and they’re sticking out but I have been assured a couple of times it’s absolutely nothing to worry about. He’s very tall and skinny and always has been so I’ve always been able to see them! xx

Bless you, thank you. I think it may be as he's had so many recurrent colds etc they've just never gone down?! Hopefully the doctor can take a look xx

 

[YoungHollywood]

Mine has this, older child now but first noticed them at around 2 years old. Drs were fantastic, referred straight away to a specialist and we were seen urgently within a couple of weeks. She was fully assessed with bloods etc and given the all clear. They took it so seriously which was great - fingers crossed yours do as well!

 

[soupmodel]

I know this thread is not currently active but hoping someone can talk me down or share their experience with NHS, lymphnode and their children. I'll put a trigger warning as I've jumped to cancer and don't want to upset anyone:

Spoiler

My youngest has been referred to Paediatric Medicine at the Children's Hospital. We made an appointment after being concerned about a lump in his neck which has gotten much more noticeable and bigger.

At the appointment, the GP checked his neck. There are multiple on the side we were concerned about and one on the other side of his neck too. She checked his armpits and gave them the all-clear but checked his groin and said there were a few there too

My issue is that I first raised my concerns about this almost 3 years ago and the GP (a different one) dismissed it and said it's common in kids and was just because he had been ill with croup. Any time he was at the GPs, I would asked for the lumps to be checked, and it was always put down to being because he was poorly (usually croup/potentially asthma related - too young to be officially diagnosed with asthma).

At the end of November, my son was sick and I knew there were sickness bugs doing the rounds. He seemed to be on the mend and then it was back with a vengeance. He was complaining a lot about pain in his stomach, NHS 24 sent us to the hospital and they said it was not appendicitis, but his lymph nodes in his groin were enlarged and that would be tender.

My mind is racing.

I know you're not meant to Google anything but after being sick last month, he was off of his food, has lost a bit of weight and hasn't been himself. He also has ASC so bad associations with food or having negative experiences with textures etc. are not uncommon phases for him to go through. He is struggling mentally with mainstream school.

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, I can't sleep. I already called the GP receptionist to ask for more information about the referral/wait times. The receptionist really wasn't very helpful (I understand everyone is in a similar position and NHS is strained).

I can't help panic about if he is dying of cancer before my eyes and that I've let him down by not advocating harder. I am terrified for my son.

Can I phone the children's hospital? Can I pay privately? Does the NHS share care for him? I have no idea what to do going forward.

Thank you for reading this far, if you haven't, I understand. Just need somewhere to vent.