Increased size of one or more lymph nodes. Most are in the neck. Also, includes swollen lymph nodes in the armpit or groin It's larger than the same node on the other side of the body Normal nodes are ...

Along with good hydration, the lymph system does have a role in cleansing—it’s not that doctors are not aware of this function, but rather that “cleansing” gets translated into clinical terms such as ...

1Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

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1Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, and Mores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA.

"The main goal of every lymphatic drainage massage is to help detoxify the body by moving lymph (the fluid that gets stuck between tissues) toward the lymph nodes. This process allows the lymph to ...

You might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in your tummy (abdomen). These are called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. This operation is called a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. This is a ...