What Are the Most Common Causes of Cysts in the Underarm?

There are about 600 to 700 lymph nodes in the human body. Generally, only superficial lymph nodes in the body can be examined clinically. Superficial lymph nodes in healthy people are small, not more than 1 cm in diameter, soft in texture, smooth in surface, hard to reach, and free of tenderness and adhesion to adjacent tissues.

Lymphatic cyst

Western Medicine Name

Lymphatic cyst

Disease site

Neck axillary groin, legs

The main symptoms

Swelling and pain

Main cause

Reduced resistance, infection, virus invasion

Multiple groups

Middle-aged and elderly population, sub-healthy population

Contagious

Non-contagious

Whether to enter health insurance

Yes

There are about 600 to 700 lymph nodes in the human body. Generally, only superficial lymph nodes in the body can be examined clinically. Superficial lymph nodes in healthy people are small, not more than 1 cm in diameter, soft in texture, smooth in surface, hard to reach, and free of tenderness and adhesion to adjacent tissues.

Lymphatic Cyst

The human body has two sets of circulation, one is blood circulation and the other is lymphatic circulation. Some gynecological malignancies are metastasized through lymph. Therefore, the pelvic lymph nodes need to be removed during surgery to determine whether there is lymph node metastasis and to cut off the metastasis pathway. Like blood, if the blood vessel is broken, it will bleed, then the lymph nodes are removed, and the lymph vessels are cut off, and "lymph fluid" will be produced. The exudation of lymph fluid is not as fast as blood, and it won't happen a lot. And it is absorbing while producing. Only when the exudation rate is greater than the absorption rate, it will build up and become a cyst. Because the pelvic lymph node dissection is bilateral, lymph cysts are also more common on both sides. ,

Causes of lymph cysts

Many patients will ask this question. In general, after the formation of a lymph cyst, the internal pressure gradually increases with the increase in volume. Some thin patients will feel a mass near the groin or in the lower abdomen. When the pressure is high enough, the patient will feel swollen and generally will not have pain. When the amount of lymph fluid produced is large, it can cause nutritional loss in the body. Some people develop hypoproteinemia. Need to strengthen nutrition. In addition, when the lymph fluid is absorbed, some patients will develop fever, and the temperature of some human bodies is relatively high, reaching 39 degrees Celsius. At this time, it is necessary to identify with lymph abscess. Generally, there is obvious tenderness in the cyst, blood routine, and increased CRP. Consider lymphatic cyst infection or lymph abscess. There are a few people whose lymphatic cysts are not large, but because the lymphatic reflux is cut off, lymph fluid accumulates on both legs, causing leg swelling ^[1] .

Lymphocytic Treatment

If there is no infection, drug treatment is the main method, and fluid extraction is generally not required, unless it is really uncomfortable. If there is an infection, a puncture is needed and antibiotics are used, while continued use of indomethacin suppositories. Generally after treatment, it shrinks significantly and disappears after 3 months. As for patients with swollen legs, there is no special method. Tension socks can be used during the day, and the swollen legs are raised after taking off socks at night. If this is not done, the lower extremities will swell to a certain degree and cannot be recovered.