I really needed this today thank you!!

You are so spot on. The more I touched lymph nodes the more tender they had become. That immediately increased anxiety. I've been saying a lot of positive affirmations around health to reduce my insanity and it seems to be helping. This is a great video that I'm sure a lot of people struggle with. You are awesome.

Cherelle thank you so much 😭

I just discovered your channel. I instantly felt better and its so nice to know that I am not the only one who is obsessed with their body.

This video was a Godsend. Literally. Thank you.

Oh I wish I'd had this video when my anxiety fixated on lymph nodes . That was such a comprehensive and factual review of how we easily misinterpret perfectly normal nodes and its resulting effect on our thoughts , emotion and reactions. This will be such a powerful tool to anyone with this worry who views it . Thank you.

This was VERY helpful, thank you!

Thank you so much for this. I accidently came across a lymph node in my neck and have been feeling awful for 2+ weeks. It moves, isnt sore and the longer i leave poking at it the smaller it gets, although today my anxiety took over. This really helped me reset

Thanks for this, always so helpful

Really happy that I found your channel. I've been diagnosed with general anxiety and didn't even realize I had it. Your tone and approach I think are exactly what I've needed. I'll definitely be watching more of these!

I am anxious about this now too. I found it, kept tapping it, poking it, then forgot for 2 days and I checked thought was gone. But then I checked again and again until I felt it every time I touched below my jaw on the left side. Cannot see it but I feel it when touching my skin. Read all about all kind of lymphomas now. I am literally a mirror of how you were behaving. And I try to fight this health anxiety but somehow it catches me in these loops where I get like in a trance. Just checking and checking and verifying if it's still there or if it grew or I I have other symptoms.

Great advice - I learned this with my neck - and it can take weeks before they stop hurting once you stimulate them... best advice, if you are really worried, ask a doctor to have a look and then just trust his advice and stop touching them so the pain can go away.

May God bless you with all the happiness in the world 💕 your videos helped me get out my bad phase with same lymph node anxiety and doctors kept telling me that there's nothing to worry about but I couldn't calm my anxiety till I found your videos.may god bless you with everything you want ❤

Worry is the key thing to all your problems the less you worry all your symptoms will go away. Remember worry Is stress and stress is what cause these things to happen in your body.

Thank you so much I needed that

Thank you, I needed this reassurance. Phew, time to stop touch and googling. Just making myself worse. 👍❤️

Thank you so much for this content. I’ve watched this specific video about 7 times… as lymph node anxiety tends to always return for me throughout my HA journey.

Thank you so much for this video I'am breast cancer survivorv 10 yrs ago .but I felt lymp nodes in my right neck so Iworried I went to see my GP and my Gp said as long not getting bigger you be my fine. stll got the lymph node still same size. But when I watched your video Im strong now norhing to worry thanks to your video God bless you

Your videos are amazing totally calmed my anxiety down when I thought I had a swollen lymph node I spent hrs reading about throat cancer 🙏

Thankyou so much! I’ve been struggling with a lymph node in my neck I’m feeling it easily 60/70 times a day it’s driving me crazy.

This is what exactly I needed, I literally was checking my armpit few minutes ago. I saw two doctors and they confirmed to me that there is nothing to worry about and that it's normal but my brain is not convinced and I keep looking in Google and of course Google will always bring the worst cases and put them in front of you. The only thing that bothers me is that it hurts, shoulder, neck and sometimes armpit, so that makes me think again if maybe the doctor missed something or the symptoms are worsening. Thank you very much for this!

I am also very very thankful to you for such great elaboration becoz I am also stuck in such kind of habit.

I hate health anxiety. It's like being in a prison 😢 I want to be normal

Thank you so much for this video it help me a lot Im a breast cancer survivor for ten years and I fellt lymp nodes in my right neck and I so scared but after I watched your video it make me feel good .God bless u always

Literally the funniest thing is that your video popped out as next after one i was watching "how to check your lymph nodes at home", u really did helped me, thank you

Thank you for this.

God you have no idea how much I needed this. Thank you. You're so essential to HA sufferers.

Cheers for this. It's good to be aware etc but after having a loved one pass away. I went into overdrive checking everything. Thank you x

Not so long ago, I found one under my jaw. I was so scared I was shaking constantly. Thought I had cancer and imagined myself dying in the hospital. After I realised it was normal, I stopped touching it and worrying about it. It doesn't bother me anymore. Thank God.

This is so what I am going through again and what started my journey with all of this as well. It came back around again lately. I dug so far in my neck that I actually hurt it it got so bad, that I hurt my body. It makes me sad that I did this. I suffer from anxiety and OCD around health. I also know that it is a cycle and the more you feed it, the bigger the monster gets. So, then I got sad about doing it and knowing better.

Thank you because this has been stressing me out for over 22 years wondering if they chemo messed me up

The lymph node on my neck started my health anxiety, had a PET scan (Normal)... Ultrasound (Normal) and lymph node biopsy (Normal). Spent thousands. All because I trusted Google and not my doctor. 5 years later, it's still there. Finally over my lymph node health anxiety.

I truly appreciate you because I had a random lymph node swell I was scratching my neck randomly ,then bow felt one swollen and sore.... it went down in the first week after that it's never did it again but my awareness was more keen so I felt it again and it feels like a pea and For months its been a slow paranoia that finally turned to anxiety kept feeling it over and over again and this video helped thx so much...

Awesome information thank you!!

Omg I’m in a spiral, after having my covid jab I’ve had two lymph nodes on my collarbone risen for ages, pea sized, and I found what I think is on below my collar bone and I’ve been prodding it and poking it and it’s not like painful, I’m digging myself a hole, this has brought me some peace, so thank you

I really appreciate this video I have been checking my sons lymph node relentlessly got him appointment at the dr ect. We haven’t got results back yet but either way this video helped me a lot mentally thank you

Thank you so much. I have a small, bean-size lump above my clavicle and I did get it checked, as I have always had throat problems, with swallowing, infections etc., and they said it was fine. He said my thyroid had quite a few nodules on, but obviously wasn’t concerned. Self diagnosis can be a nightmare sometimes and can get you more stressed. Thanks for a great video. I do feel much better listening to your advice ❤

Thank you for the video..

Very helpful video!!! ❤

Sooo helpful ! Was getting freaked out and i couldn't stop touching it. I have no other symptoms but found 3 small lymph nodes.

This is such an important channel and topic

24 year old Lymphoma survivor here. On the flip side, please don’t ignore a swollen lymph node especially if it’s alongside other symptoms and has been swollen for more than 4+ weeks. I agree with not checking them constantly its not necessary. If they’re not very prominent and you have no other symptoms then do not panic. However, I don’t agree with them ‘always being obvious and visible to the naked eye’. I had a 5cm mass in my neck and it wasn’t really visible to the naked eye. Half of it was tucked beneath my collar bone and the chain of nodes in your neck extend to below your collar bone - it was not visually obvious by any means. I saw 6 doctors before I was referred for further testing and yes they do just watch and wait but my mass was paired with so many other symptoms that I later learned were the classic symptoms for lymphoma. Also, I’m in the ‘prime’ age range for lymphoma (between 20-40 or those aged over 75). My oncologist was surprised I was not referred sooner but here we are. But yes as she said, do not be poking and prodding them all the time, you will make them swell and this only worsens anxiety. For me as a survivor, I am advised to check lymph node sites monthly and I do this every month. Monthly is a good general rule, another good thing to note is if you’re always feeling them i.e daily, you’re likely to miss any changes in them. It’s similar to when someone is losing weight, the person themselves don’t notice it because they look in the mirror daily and miss small changes, but other people they see less regularly can visibly see the difference and this is simply because they do not see that person daily and there’s bigger changes over longer periods of time than short. I’m currently at the highest risk of relapse so it’s important for me to check but for the average healthy person there’s no need to panic about an enlarged lymph node, keep an eye on it and please don’t constantly poke at it, if you’re really concerned have a health professional examine. Since my diagnosis, I do suffer from health anxiety which is pretty common amongst cancer survivors, my oncologist informed me that it’s only natural to worry. I’ve had therapy for this and feel much better in myself, though I do still have scanxiety and if I have prolonged symptoms for anything I often worry. But this is something that should be worked on for any one who experiences health anxiety. It’s so hard when you’re constantly worrying about becoming unwell or dying. But you have to not let those feelings run and ruin your life. I’ve learnt to live everyday because if I don’t the only person missing out is me and I won’t let my health destroy who I am or take away my happiness. I do love watching your videos, it’s really helped me to know that there’s so many other people out there with fears much like mine. However, I just wanted to also share knowledge from a different perspective and that things aren’t always as obvious as was described in this video. Sending love and positive vibes to all ❤️

Thanks for the enlightenment

Your voice is so sweet

thank u sister ur video help me alot cuz i touch my neck nodes every 5 min 🙏🏻

Thanks for the video! Today I was shaving my beard and felt a little bump on my neck (not visible to see) and I immediately started to worry and booked a GP appointment. I'm pretty sure that I've felt it when I was younger but didn't even flinch at the time... but now that I'm 32 I've suddenly developed a state of concern around my health... sad really. If I'm like this at my age with no chronic illnesses and generally fit and healthy, I can't imagine what other people must be going through. I wish all of you good health and patience 🙏

Thank you so so much

This is a problem for me, I keep poking and prodding constantly last week I convinced myself I had Lymphoma, this week it's back to throat cancer because I have a discomfort in the left side of my throat when I swallow sometimes, which it's been happening for two years now and I have t sjoen any new symptoms or got worse My bout with anxiety started because I found a lump inside my cheek , only to find out it was nothing more than a fatty tumor I get a blood test every 3 months and thry always come back normal my doctor doesn't seem worried

Thank you so much, I have one in my armpit that was fine until I started looking for it and constantly prodding and freaking out. I think I know how I’m going to tackle this now.

Thanks so much.

I feel the opposite. It's important to feel your body. It could possibly save your life, just dont be crazy about it and check 24/7!

Need to watch this every hour

Dependent on the person, some lymphnodes in certain areas of the body can be felt, for example most ppl can feel them in their groin area and under their chin around the Jaw line, those are considered superficial, it is important to note though that if you *know* for a *fact* that one wasn't possible to feel before but all of a sudden it is now then something is possibly wrong inside the body! But before you run to the hospital give it 2-4 weeks, if its not decreasing in size or if its getting larger then yes! Make that trip!

I don't know why but everytime we search any symptoms on Google it always shows the result as cancer 😑.. suffering from health anxiety i always use to poke my body everywhere ... And always find that there is something hard present beneath my underarm skin which is not visible outside... Well gonna accept my future.. from now onwards i m not going to poke anywhere

I needed this, too, thanks! Is it normal for them to be painful, though? I heard it can be useful to gently massage them circullary.

Hi Cherelle, I‘m from germany and I struggle with health anxiety for about 3 years, since my babyboy was 6 month old… I‘m afraid to die so I can‘t be there for my little son, the love of my life😢 I can also feel some lymph nodes on my neck and also somewhere else on my body and this health anxiety is one of my hardest. A few days ago I found two „new lymph nodes“, one on my neck, one near by my ear and my anxiety kicks in. I‘m like „its a lymphoma and I‘m definetly going to die soon and my son will be raised without his mother“. Those thoughts make me cry every single day 😔 I was at two different doctors and both told me everything is fine, after they made an ultrasound, but at least I don‘t believe it‘s true. Thank you so much for making videos about health anxiety and the symptoms, that makes me feel that I‘m not alone. Lots of love ❤

hello Cherelle thanks for your video's all the time i needed it. I hope you see this reaction and hope you can help me. I have hypochondria and now i have a new worry, i have a really tiny small lymphnode maybe like 2mm lets say 1,5 cm above the collarbone. Your video's always helped me alot but i rememberd always that you said: arround the collarbone is abnormaI and you should let it check by a doctor, i have been by the doctor for it and he saïd its nothing to worry, its really small and moveable. And completly normal he told me we have this lymphnodes also in the collarbone, he said its so small only if it get bigger come back but he think that will not happen. Me a hypochonder, is so difficilult to believe its nothing. I never felt it before but to be honest i also never felt or try it to feel there i am terrified for feel things. My question concrete: Can i really believe my doctor that its okey and that is also because is small like 2 mm even if it's above the collarbone i hope you will say yes! Let it go! I will do it then that's for sure, i'm done with this hypochondria ......Thanks for your videos !

“.. because i was poking this thing, and poking and poking it all day long..” 😂😂 I was laughing the entire time because Im exactly like you! This video is hitting me hard! But yes, I gotta stop poking them! 😂

My son had one for a year in his jaw, I googled once and never googled again . We were told by the doctors don’t keep touching them as it activates it and can make them bigger. Very common but visit GP for peace of mind

May I ask, have you had your vitamin and minerals checked? When you’re low on vitamins it can cause anxiety, fatigue, and lots of symptoms that are basically anxiety symptoms. I been watching some of your videos on health anxiety because i’m vitamin d deficiency and it’s a long recovery.

Hey Guys, I’ve been struggling with Health anxiety for awhile now. My new fear is lymphoma! Have one swollen or normal I don’t know node on the side of my neck. I’m just wondering if ppl deal with drs saying different things? My one dr wouldn’t do any tests he swears I’m okay everything is fine. Went to get a second option and she is sending me for blood work and maybe an ultrasound depending on what the blood works says!!! Now I’m having such bad anxiety like she’s worried. I don’t know what’s better a Dr saying your fine or a dr testing you!

Thank you

Actually I also have one under my jaw which is really small ,so I did all the tests like HIV and others and all were negative so I’m now having a sense of relief Tanx

May god bless you, you literally saved me cuz i was worried so much due to sudden swelling in my neck lymph node in right side from the week i was suffering from frozen shoulder. Now I know lymph was helping me fight the frozen shoulder. And now my frozen shoulder is gone without treatment in 4th month but swelling in lymph node in my neck is still there which i can feel by touching that but not visible in first sight until i tilt my head on side titghly. Hopefully it will be gone in few months if not few weeks. So much love and blessings from India.

I have lypha pain and I touch my neck every 2mint 😢😢😢thank you for your advice

Hi cherrele i had done my fnac result was consistent reactive lymphadenitis no malignancy and no granulomas seen it mean benign caused by infection i wanted to know from u if these lymph doesn't grow bigger and remain same permanent then its no serious?

Thank you so much❤

Oh my god I’m going through this right now…I poked and prodded all of my neck and shoulders and collarbone for hours and hours and now I have a swollen node on my collarbone…that is really painful and it wasn’t there when I started poking the area…I have lots of symptoms of Rheumatoid arthritis and my brain still goes to scary stuff…x

Oh this is so me. I have found 2 lymph nodes in my daughter's neck 2 years ago. And they are still there. At first i didnt worry to much. When her doc checked it some time ago, he said its normal for slim children like her. She had a cbc some months ago, wich came back normal. She is full of energy, she doesnt sweat too much (i mean normal sweating), not pale, her appetite hasnt changed, the lymph nodes are not very very soft, but they definitively move freely. These past days, i see her and i cry thinking the worst. Even if she is playing like she always does. And i touch them too much. I know i need to stop, but its stronger then me. I think i made them swell a little bit more by touching. Can please someone share with me their experiences with their kids, similar to mine? I am literally stressing so much about it.

My husband is a stage 4 lymphoma survivor (from when before we met), and he always tells me, "TRUST ME, if you had it, you'd KNOW!" Because of his other symptoms, he had like severe fatigue, and night sweats were HUGE! Like drenched his sheets! And yes, he could visually SEE his lymph nodes in his armpits.

Hiii Cherelle, i can feel a movable pea sized lymph node under my chin. I can’t see it but I felt it by accident yesterday while brushing my neck with my head lifted. I’ve been so scared ever since and can’t calm myself down…. Going to gp tomorrow . Convinced i have cancer

My salivary glands swell up an down everyday going on 9 months what should I do

I have one for years in the back of my neck it’s about a bean size but it’s not movable 😢doctor assured me it’s fine

What about a lymph node on neck thats been enlarged for two years

Mate I’ve been in my own little hell these last 3 months, got some swollen hard feeling nodes (convinced one of them feels irregular in shape), just under my jaw, one is oval/bean shaped, one is more circular and the one on my left side is bean shaped, all are around 1cm but just feel quite hard compared to the lymph nodes I’ve felt in the past and currently have around my neck that have always been there all my life. I’ve also got a swollen tonsil on my right side with what seems to be tonsil stones in as well, had a viral infection a few months ago which was pretty bad, had tonsillitis, sinus infection and all that, and I think they’ve just stayed swollen ever since - health anxiety has been mental though, everything from dizziness to numbness, getting better but just pushing for all the tests with my GP at the moment all clear and normal, have convinced myself so far that I’ve had either multiple sclerosis or lymphoma which seem to be very common diseases that us fellas with health anxiety think about - you and Trey Jones have been a massive help to me these last few months, been driving me mad as I’m a healthy 19 yo guy that shouldn’t be concerned with this kind of stuff

I don’t have any swelling that is visible, just tenderness all throughout the body. I can feel a small mass in every tender location deep inside the skin. Above nipple, on neck, upper flank area. I’m so nervous.

I have two on my groin on both sides and now I’m constantly Checking my neck and I’m pretty sure there is one there …

I have a lump under my chin that’s been driving me insane. Noticed it a few days ago and I have a doctor’s appointment to get it checked this week. Google has caused me to completely spiral into the worst case scenario(that I have lymphoma). I’ve finally just accepted the fact I need to wait until my appointment and not let Google diagnose me. It’s easier said than done but I just need to wait for this appointment and go from there.

I have a swollen lymph node right underneath my chin / left jaw line. it has gotten worse since it first started bothering me which was about 2 days ago. It's painful to the touch, and it's swollen. How long until they go away??

I have a few swollen nodes on the back of my neck and I'm scared.

I've got a supravascular lymphnodes after my rabies vaccine and its almost a month now that i can still feel it...I t really caused me anxiety😭😭

Hi @cherelle is it possible for lymph nodes to swell and pain like in armpit neck and groin at the same time please reply me i am worried

PLS IM BEGGING SOMEBODY RESPOND ME... if i got my ultrasound done and it clearly says that supaclavicular nodes are not swollen and pathologically changed i shouldn't be worried even tho i still can feel a slight difference between the left and right upper collar bone side...

I have a serious question and hopefully you can help me or answer something. I had a physical yesterday and my female doctor did a genital exam on me because as of yesterday morning I felt swollen in my groin area and checked when my doc would be available and I got in the same day. So I went to get it checked out. This has never happened before and I didnt even know there were lymph nodes down there. So she gave me a testicular exam and examined my shaft...everything is all good but across from my penis height on both sides of my groin crease its like a lymph node small bump on each side it feels like deep inside my groin. I dont know if she felt the bumps i can feel in there but she said they felt swollen. Its sensitive and scaring me. I just started feeling it yesterday and went in for a physical because Im not trying to get cancer this early or atleast wanted to get it checked as early as possible. Is that an early sign of cancer and why didn't I get anything to treat it? She said its my body fighting off something but I'm not sick. I have gotten tested plenty of times for STDs and always came back negative. So I dont think it's sexually related? Is this normal and what can I do to make it go away? And why by my groin? Thanks

I just want to say that my stress legit made my lymphnodes swell to 4 cm. YEAH my stress did that. Not anything else. I spent thousands of dollars on tests. Nothing. Stop stressing they will go down. Go to the pool. Eat some food. Listen to music.

Stop checking your lymph nodes, it don’t forget your monthly breast self exams and yearly breast screenings.

Some time in medical school I had palpated a lymph node on my right supraclavicular area and thought I am Hodgkin lymohoma. After then I have felt pruritus all over on my body and sweeting. One important thing, ıf you palpate your lymph node so frequently it gets bigger due to Trauma. Now I am suffering generalised muscle twitches. 😂

Does anyone have a fear of blood cancer? do you have symptoms? ;(

Hi Cherelle I have been feeling lymph nodes in my neck and I keep on poking them again and again almost all day long from last one month.. I’ve seen a couple of doctors they examine them and said they don’t feel anything which they meant seem to be normal I haven’t done any tests and they never asked me for like an ultrasound or something.. so should I still believe their expertise?

Hey cherelle.!... Is it normal to feel a pea sized node in armpits.

If you’re thin, you’ll find them everywhere! I’ve had one under my jaw for 5 years! Doc said I’d be dead years ago if it was serious 😅

Hello Dear. I have two swollen lymph node in my neck : Left Side Level ll (tonsillar) Its has been 2.5 months. They feel hard & together But Didn’t growing up or making bigger than befor. Its around 2CM I consultanted a doctor He gave me antibiotics but its didn’t goes down. What should I do now I'm in very hard level of health anxiety & keep touching them.

"You need to leave your lymph nodes alone" let me clarify this sentence... IF and ONLY IF you have no other concerning symptoms. Dont use this statement as an excuse to dismiss actual REAL concerns. Especially if you have multiple other concerning symptoms.

What about painful lymph nodes?

I felt a pea sized bump it in my groin and I was so concerned like it’s been the same size for three days😭😭

Mam I had jaundice 2 month ago and as my jaudice got cured I seeing lymph nodes im so scared im only 19 year old 😢

oh my god you're so beautiful...

I’m scared to go to doctor

Who are you, your flippin beautiful 😊

I have got in down my neck...I am scared...pls pray for me