Hi Everyone, I too have been diagnosed with enlarged lymph nodes in the breast. I detected a thickening of an area of the left breast tissue a few months ago and immediately saw my doctor. Initially he said he couldn't feel anything so asked me to go back a month later. On my second visit he had the nurse examine me and she said she could feel it, so he referred me to the breast clinic at hospital.
The specialist at the clinic examined me and felt the thickening so he sent me for a mammogram and the nurse rang me that afternoon to say the results were clear but they wanted me to have an ultrasound scan done of the area. I had to wait for the appointment (I'm in the UK) and the scan was performed a few weeks later. I was told there and then that no lumps or cysts were present and would receive a follow up appointment with the breast clinic.
Well I had my follow up last week and the specialist told me that the mammogram had revealed some enlarged lymph nodes in the breast tissue, but as the ultrasound showed nothing I had nothing to worry about and don't need to see him again. Naturally i am a little concerned why the nodes would be enlarged and what the thickening is. I asked him and he just said "sometimes the symptoms don't match the diagnosis".
After reading this thread I wonder if it is because I have an auto immune condition (Rheumatoid Arthritis) and maybe it is my body fighting infection? I must say, apart from the arthritis I am very rarely ill, and never catch viruses and stuff, although like another poster I do sometimes get little red boils/abscesses down below and I've had all the tests for diabetes etc and they couldn't find a cause for them.
I also have permanently enlarged Parotid glands in my neck, just below my ears (the ones that swell with mumps) and after lots of tests no cause has ever been established. This leads me to think that perhaps people with auto immune disorders may have associated enlarged lymph nodes and glands even when no infection is present. It may just be in response to the immune system fighting the body which is what happens in auto immune disorders.
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Hi Everyone, I too have been diagnosed with enlarged lymph nodes in the breast. I detected a thickening of an area of the left breast tissue a few months ago and immediately saw my doctor. Initially he said he couldn't feel anything so asked me to go back a month later. On my second visit he had the nurse examine me and she said she could feel it, so he referred me to the breast clinic at hospital.
The specialist at the clinic examined me and felt the thickening so he sent me for a mammogram and the nurse rang me that afternoon to say the results were clear but they wanted me to have an ultrasound scan done of the area. I had to wait for the appointment (I'm in the UK) and the scan was performed a few weeks later. I was told there and then that no lumps or cysts were present and would receive a follow up appointment with the breast clinic.
Well I had my follow up last week and the specialist told me that the mammogram had revealed some enlarged lymph nodes in the breast tissue, but as the ultrasound showed nothing I had nothing to worry about and don't need to see him again. Naturally i am a little concerned why the nodes would be enlarged and what the thickening is. I asked him and he just said "sometimes the symptoms don't match the diagnosis".
After reading this thread I wonder if it is because I have an auto immune condition (Rheumatoid Arthritis) and maybe it is my body fighting infection? I must say, apart from the arthritis I am very rarely ill, and never catch viruses and stuff, although like another poster I do sometimes get little red boils/abscesses down below and I've had all the tests for diabetes etc and they couldn't find a cause for them.
I also have permanently enlarged Parotid glands in my neck, just below my ears (the ones that swell with mumps) and after lots of tests no cause has ever been established. This leads me to think that perhaps people with auto immune disorders may have associated enlarged lymph nodes and glands even when no infection is present. It may just be in response to the immune system fighting the body which is what happens in auto immune disorders.
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