Lymphadenitis

Description:

Lymphadenitis is the specific or nonspecific inflammatory process in lymph nodes which is shown their increase and morbidity. Lymphadenitis can involve single lymph nodes or take the whole conglomerates in various areas of a body – submaxillary, axillary, inguinal, etc. The inflammation a lymph node can proceed in an acute or chronic form. At affection several the so-called adenoflegmona arises a number of the located lymph nodes and existence of a purulent infection.

Lymphadenitis reasons:

Most often the reason of development of lymphadenitis is covered in the infectious agent who gets into a lymph node on lymphatic or to blood vessels, is more rare – at direct contact.
In a human body there are about 700 lymph nodes. Damage of a certain lymph node can indicate specific pathological process. Submaxillary lymph nodes can symbolize about existence of syphilis, leukosis, otogenic, dontogenous infection, inflammatory process in almonds. At oncological diseases in a mammary gland, a stomach, a pancreas involvement of a lymph node which is between legs of a grudinoklyuchichno-mastoidal muscle is possible. In that case speak about formation of "a virkhovsky metastasis". Inguinal nodes inflame in the presence of an inflammation of generative organs, rectum cancer.
Also lymphadenitis is observed at such general diseases as tuberculosis, a tularemia, a brucellosis, clamidiosis, an actinomycosis, plague.

Lymphadenitis symptoms:

Acute lymphadenitis is followed by the organism intoxication phenomena, increase weakness, rough temperature reactions, a headache. The lymphangitis quite often joins lymphadenitis. Lymphatic glands increase in sizes, become dense, painful, their conglomerates are sometimes formed. At a palpation also their cohesion with a hypodermic fatty tissue and skin is estimated. At untimely treatment the disease can pass into a purulent (destructive) stage. The condition of the patient worsens, observed a dermahemia over the affected lymph node, its sharp morbidity. Acute lymphadenitis can be complicated by thrombophlebitis, pus flowing in interfascial pockets with formation of metastatic suppurative focuses, generalization of process in the form of a septicopyemia. After acute lymphadenitis its chronic form can develop. In a consequence of low virulence of microorganisms chronic lymphadenitis can be created as primary process. Its sluggish, long current is characteristic. Lymph nodes are increased, can be low-painful, condensed. The general condition of the patient in that case suffers a little.

Treatment of Lymphadenitis:

Treatment of lymphadenitis first of all is defined by its form and an etiological factor. At initial displays of acute lymphadenitis if there are no data for specific process, visit of sessions of UVCh-therapy, and also purpose of antibacterial treatment is recommended. At detection of the active center of an inflammation which could be a lymphadenitis origin, it is necessary to stop it immediately. Purulent lymphadenitis it is necessary to open and treat further by the principles of treatment of a purulent wound.
The specific lymphadenites signaling about existence of specific process in an organism are subject to etiotropic treatment. After detection and stopping of such process chronic lymphadenitis is usually stopped.