Lymphatic System Inflammation

Suddenly it is there. A node at the neck that was not palpable yesterday. An armpit that pulls with every movement. A groin that hurts when you touch it. A red streak running along an arm, as though someone had drawn a line with a pen. Sometimes fever accompanies it. Sometimes a dull fatigue that overtakes you, as if from nowhere. Your lymphatic system is in alarm.

This is not the same state as a chronically congested lymphatic system that has grown heavy and sluggish over years. This is acute. An inflammation. A hot battle. Your immune system has opened a front somewhere, and the filter stations — lymph nodes, lymphatic vessels — are glowing under the strain.