Enlarged submandibular lymph nodes can usually be referred to general surgery, infectious diseases and oncology.
1. General Surgery: If the swelling of submandibular lymph nodes occurs within a short period of time, and there are symptoms such as redness, swelling, heat and pain in the local area, it indicates that there may be infections in the oral cavity, neck, nasopharynx and other places, which leads to submandibular lymphadenitis. You can consult general surgery, stomatology, otorhinolaryngology and other departments.
2. Infectious diseases department: If you have infectious diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, mumps, toxoplasmosis, etc., and have enlarged submandibular lymph nodes on the basis of these diseases, you can consult infectious diseases department.
3. Oncology: swollen submandibular lymph nodes may be caused by non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, thyroid cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer and other tumor factors, you can hang up oncology or hematology consultation.
In the case of submandibular lymph node swelling, it is necessary to go to the hospital in time, after clarifying the cause of the disease, and then carry out targeted treatment in time.