What to do about swollen lymph nodes in the arm

Patients with arm lymph node enlargement, according to the specific causes of arm lymph node enlargement can take different treatments: First, if the patient’s arm with local soft tissue infections caused by peripheral lymph node inflammation enlargement, this time is often accompanied by obvious pain, skin temperature rise, the patient can be infected through the topical application of Ruyi Jinhuang cream, vitality iodine or alcohol gauze, to promote the absorption of the local infection foci, for the patients with abscess formation, feasible abscess incision and drainage to remove the local necrotic tissue, the majority of patients after 2-3 days of anti-infective treatment to strengthen the anti-infective treatment. Patients with abscess formation can incise and drain the abscess, remove the local necrotic tissue, and strengthen the anti-infective treatment intravenously, most patients can subside the enlarged lymph nodes by themselves after 2-3 days of anti-infective treatment. Second, if the patient’s arm with severe varicose veins, because the superficial blood vessels tortuous, large amounts of blood stasis caused by arm swelling and lymph node enlargement, at this time can be considered for surgical removal of varicose blood vessels, so as to alleviate arm swelling and lymph node enlargement of the symptoms.