symptom of swollen glands

Posted by ceciliabaker @ceciliabaker, Jun 6 2:27pm

Swollen lymph glands in my neck. I take thyroid med for Graves' Disease after having radioactive iodine to kill my thyroid. I take supplements for osteoporosis. What can cause this?

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beanieone | @beanieone | Jun 7 6:43am

@ceciliabaker

Obviously your body is fighting (likely) some type of infection or you are having a bad reaction to a script.

You don’t mention what supplements you are taking, if you’ve introduced any new supplements into your body or how long you’ve been taking the med for Graves Disease.

I got hives from taking a very common antibiotic after having a serious infection. Suffer no more: Check with your PCP.

Wishing you a quick solution.

Cheers!

hdeff | @hdeff | Jun 8 12:48pm

You could be getting a cold. Mine swell every time I get sick. It's normal.

jenatsky | @jenatsky | Jun 14 3:17pm

In reply to @hdeff "You could be getting a cold. Mine swell every time I get sick. It's normal." + (show)

@hdeff your bodies just reacting to a foreign invader. You may also experience a slight increase in body temperature.

ceciliabaker | @ceciliabaker | Jun 14 6:49pm

I have had them swollen for a long time like several years, not a cold, and no fever. I had them looked at with a sonogram, so they said they were just soft tissue. I was scared it was related to my thyroid. Still don’t have a cause.