Inflammation of the lymph nodes in the neck can be painful when speaking, and this symptom is worse when speaking. In addition, the patient will also have swollen lymph nodes in the neck, stiff neck, slanting neck, difficulty in swallowing, difficulty in breathing, and even general discomfort: 1. Swollen lymph nodes in the neck: Swollen lymph nodes in the neck is one of the typical symptoms of inflammation of the lymph nodes in the neck, in which the swelling of acute lymphadenitis is softer and painful when pressed, and the swelling of chronic lymphadenitis is harder and painless. 2. Neck stiffness, cervical tilt: people with cervical lymph nodes have difficulty in neck movement, and they feel stiff when they move around. Sometimes, inflammation of lymph nodes leads to muscle spasm in one side of the neck, resulting in cervical tilt. 3. Difficulty in swallowing and breathing: people with cervical lymph node inflammation will have pain when swallowing and eating, and in severe cases, they may resist swallowing, eating and other stimuli. 4. Systemic symptoms: the patient will also have weakness, headache, fever, chills, loss of appetite and other systemic symptoms. The clinical symptoms of cervical lymph node inflammation are many, depending on the course of the disease, patients need to be targeted treatment according to the course of the disease to alleviate the symptoms.