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Originally Posted by GettingWorried For several months now, I have had painless swollen tonsils. I have no swollen lymph nodes, but I do have fleeting, mild pain in my armpits, groin, neck, and under my chin. I have been on several rounds of antibiotics and they have had no effect. I have been tested for strep and it was negative. I have had strep several times in my life but that was always painful. I have read a couple places that swollen tonsils could be an early symptom of lymphoma. Does anyone know anything about this? If this could be an early symptom, does anyone know how long lymphoma will lay dormant before other symptoms usually occur?
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Indolent Lymphoma can be present for up to 15 years without symptoms that would send any one to the doctor. However, most young people who get lymphoma, have aggressive types that have fairly severe symptoms early on, of fevers, itching, night sweats, rashes, stomach pain, diarrhea, severe enough to see the doctor and for the doctor to recognize the severity. Most often the flu symptoms that do not let up, sends them to the doctor. Most people get over the ordinary severe flu symptoms in 3 days, and then have annoying symptoms for maybe another week or two, but the aggressive lymphoma, may have severe symptoms resembling flu that do not let up in 3 days and are more than annoying. There are countless stories that are told about going to the doctor for one illness and coming home diagnosed with lymphoma of some kind. It is a mysterious disease that is getting more common due to AIDS and environmental exposures to toxins.
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