Please help me. Serious!?

Question

IM 15 and im scared i have throat cancer! I have never smoked nor drank. Every morning when i wake up, my throat hurts. My neck was hurting and my lymph nodes were swollen.

I've had a cold for a month. Ive taken penicillen V for my sore throat. It did not seem to help. I have had my tonsils removed when i was a child.

I did have a lymphnode biopsy in my neck when i was 11. The lymphnode was enlarged and proved to be nothing serious.

I am quite worried and i would appreciate it if i got the best information possible. Much thanks.

Answer 1

You need another lymph node biopsy. If the nodes do not respond to antibiotics, then something else is making them swell. Now, there are many reasons why lymph nodes swell, but the only way to rule out something bad is a biopsy. If it is something bad, try not to worry, there are good treatments out there. I started with only one swollen lymph node at the base of my neck. I went to ENT, gastro, and even a surgeon. Blood tests showed nothing. No one knew it was Lymphoma until the node was biopsied. The surgeon was preparing to remove my thyroid and, oh by the way, it was Lymphoma.
Check this site for disease info and to see if you have any other symptoms [esp. itching and night sweats]
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Best wishes

Answer 2

I hope your parents are taking you to an ENT (ears, nose, and throat specialist). I am sure you are too young for throat cancer, especially since you don't smoke. It sounds like you are suffering from strep throat, but the antibiotics should have helped that. Also if you still have your adnoids, they could be infected.

Answer 3

you might be to worried and that can cause pain try talking to your dr about this if they do blood work on you cancer cells will show up in that trust me i have to cancer patients in my family