Five year old has swollen lymph nodes on both sides of neck he isnt sick healthy and skinny. I am worried b/c he already had one surgically removed but they keep coming back. Are there any test that can be run to find out whats going on?
What are some test that can be ran to check for tumors etc in a child?
Well a complete blood count might be done to see if his white blood cell or platelet counts are elevated, imaging tests like a CT scan or X-Ray may be done, and a lymph node biopsy may be done, especially if blood/imaging tests can't help pinpoint the exact cause of yor son's swollen lymph nodes. Depending on what your son's doctor thinks may be causing the lymph nodes to swell, liver/kidney function tests may also be done.
Reply:The lymph nodes are there to filter out bad things and they seem to be working. Yes on the blood testing because one thing that will do that is a low-grade chronic infection or inflammation.
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