I don't think the swollen gland has anything to do with my pregnancy as i was experiencing symptoms before i got pregnant. My grandad died from leukaemia and i am petrified. Ive since been looking online (which i know i shouldn't) and am now worried i could have cancer, leukaemia, lymphoma etc. This has my very worried and he even mentioned the word cancer, although he said he isnt concerned i have this. He therefore ordered me to have another blood test to see if anything has changed, and also wants to check my thyroid. I had this today and will get results back next week. He informed me that it was only raised a trivial amount so they would have said it was normal. I asked my GP why they said everything was fine if my white blood count was high. I was told that everything was fine and that what i was experiencing was growing pains as a result of my pregnancy. Two weeks ago i had a blood test carried out to look for infection as i was experiencing abdominal pain. He looked through previous blood work i had done as part of my pregnancy and noticed that in one of them that my white blood count was slightly high. I generally feel fine, however I am feeling very fatigued but i am 19 weeks pregnant so this could be why. He checked me over and saw no signs of ear, throat infection and no high temperature. Today i visited the same GP who again told me that i probably have an infection somewhere. I saw my Gp when it first happened and was told i was probably fighting off an infection somewhere (even though i had no obvious signs or symptoms of an infection) and not to worry. The soreness goes away but then reappears every few weeks and this has been going on for a few months now so im very worried that something isn't right. The tenderness usually lasts about a week or two and then seems to go away however my gland still remains abit enlarged. It is quite painful in that area if i move my head to the right. For the past few months or so i keep getting swollen and tender glands on the right side of my neck, just below my jaw.
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