I had my baby 7 weeks ai and the day i got home I noticed a lump in my right arm pit. I went to the Dr two weeks later and my obgyn looked and said it might be lymph node or just a bump from where I shave (although it is very much under the skin). So I waited it out and not more than two weeks later the entire armpit up my arm and down my breast swelled up and than my lymph nodes behind my ears and jaw and neck swelled up. I also have been super sweaty and a low grade fever of 100 all the time along with several joint pain. So I went to urgent Care who tested me for step, came back negative (never had a sore throat through any of this), but treated it with a antibiotic for strep anyways? Didn't get better that week, actually got worse and swollen lymph nodes in my chest which are super Painful and hurt into my arm and swollen in my groan and behind my knees along with fever spiking to 103 frequently. Went back to obgyn said it's a viral infection ?! (At this point the original bump has been there a month). Wasn't happy with this so went to the ER , blood work was good they said my urine had some blood cells in it so treated it as a UTI , even though I've had no symptoms of this and I am still occasionally spotting blood since having baby so this could easily be false. Followed up with my primary DR who ran blood work all came back good except for whatever determines inflammation was elevated, I was treated for Lyme's a few years back so she was thinking maybe it's that and started a round of doxycycline.(which would also treat a UTI if it was that) Been on it for a week and if anything I feel worse. Still super sweaty, low grade fever, still all this swelling in my lymph nodes and pain everywhere. Now my kidneys are aching and I'm super nauseous with diarrhea (might be from the antibiotic?) She also wants me to get a ultra sound and possible biopsy of the original node, but it's been a week and they haven't even made the appt. Yet. So 4 drs in and almost two months later and no anawer. I am so stressed and in pain now with my back aching (thinking it's kidney pain). I can't even hold my newborn and with lymph nodes so swollen behind the knees it hurts to walk. No one has any idea what is wrong and I feel like they keep brushing me off. I don't know what to do at this point , I'm curious if this could be cancer? Or some type of autoimmune disorder?
Could get be mastitis? Cuz your boob swells up for that. I didnt have it while i was pregnant but my boobs swelled so much my nipples hurt and they would leak through my shirt. I thought i was full of milk since my baby was in the nicu and had a feeding tube i had to pump but it hurt like hell but felt better afterwards
hi Steph, how are you doing now? i hope you're okay.
have you found any answer to your concern?