Why You Have Swollen Glands In Your NECK, ARMPIT Or GROIN
If You touch your neck, under your jaw, or in your armpit…
You feel small, round, soft balls like beans or seeds.
Sometimes they are big, painful, and hot.
Sometimes they are small and painless.
People say: “Ah! You have poison in blood” or “You have infection inside” or “It is growth or cancer”.
You get scared, you take all sorts of drugs, you apply things… but they come and go.
THEY ARE NOT POISON. THEY ARE YOUR BODY’S SOLDIERS FIGHTING WAR.
Here is exactly what they are and what they mean.👇
✅ WHAT ARE THEY?
They are called LYMPH NODES.
They are found all over your body, but big ones are in your neck, armpit and groin.
✅ THEIR JOB:
They are your body’s checkpoints and army barracks.
✔️They filter all fluid moving through your body.
✔️They catch germs, bacteria, virus and dirty cells.
✔️ They produce white blood cells to kill your body's enemies.
✅ WHEN THEY SWELL:👇
It means WAR IS GOING ON.
Germs entered your body, So your soldiers gathered there to fight and kill them.
They get big because they are multiplying soldiers to win the battle.
✅ WHAT MAKES THEM SWELL?👇
1. INFECTION NEARBY.
This is the #1 CAUSE.
👉 NECK glands swell: Sore throat, tooth infection, cold, catarrh, ear infection.
👉ARMPIT glands swell: Wound or infection on hand, arm or breast.
👉 GROIN glands swell: Wound, boil or infection on leg, foot or private part.
✅ MEANING: YOUR BODY IS WORKING WELL. IT HAS DETECTED ENEMY AND IS FIGHTING IT.
Once infection finishes, they shrink back to normal size.
✅ 2. WHEN THEY ARE PAINFUL:
Good SIGN. It means infection is there, soldiers are fighting hard, blood is rushing there. Once treated, pain and size will go.
✅ 3. WHEN THEY ARE HARD, BIG, PAINLESS AND NOT MOVING:
This is when you worry.
✔️ Hard like stone.
✔️ Does not pain you.
✔️ Stuck to flesh, cannot move when you push it.
✔️Growing bigger week by week.
✅ MEANING: It Could be something serious like TB or CANCER.
RUN TO HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY.
❌ MYTH: “Swollen glands mean you have dirty blood or poison.”
✅ FACT: It means YOU HAVE INFECTION SOMEWHERE. Even clean people get it.
❌ WRONG TREATMENT:👇
✔️CUTTING THEM:
Never cut them. They are not boil. Cutting them spreads infection.
✔️APPLYING HOT THINGS OR SCARING:
It Makes them bigger and more painful.
✔️ TAKING STRONG DRUGS WITHOUT CHECK:
You may be treating wrong thing.
✅ WHAT TO DO:👇
1. Find where the infection is and treat it. Glands will shrink by themselves.
2. If they stay big more than 2 weeks, or hard and painless go for Test.
👉Swollen GLANDS are soldiers fighting germs, not poison.
👉Treat the infection, not the GLAND.
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May Allah ﷻ also allow us all to maximise the blessed first ten days of Dhul Hijjah through dhikr, fasting, du‘ā, charity and righteous deeds, and may He accept all of our worship and efforts. Aameen.
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1. AM → Ante Meridiem (before noon)
2. PM → Post Meridiem (after noon)
3. GMT → Greenwich Mean Time
4. EST → Eastern Standard Time
5. etc. → et cetera (and so on)
6. e.g. → exempli gratia (for example)
7. i.e. → id est (that is / in other words)
8. N/A → Not Applicable / Not Available
9. SMS → Short Message Service
10. IMO → In My Opinion
11. FYI → For Your Information
12. BRB → Be Right Back
13. LOL → Laugh Out Loud
14. BTW → By The Way
15. DIY → Do It Yourself
16. ASAP → As Soon As Possible
17. RSVP → Répondez S’il Vous Plaît (Please Respond)
18. TBA → To Be Announced
19. FAQ → Frequently Asked Questions
20. ID → Identification
21. CEO → Chief Executive Officer
22. CFO → Chief Financial Officer
23. PS → Post Script
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Life Hack:
1. Dont ever try to impress people. Nobody has ever achieved that hight and nobody will. Be sincere
2. You can never be perfect. Mistakes, errors and even sins are inevitable. Be truthful
3. You are dispensable. No matter how important you think you are, life can go on without you. Be humble
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PROPOSED EFFECTIVE RAMADAN ROUTINE; you may find it useful.
1. Sleep Daily by 10pm.
2. Wake up 3am.
3. Tahajjud 3:30am till 4:15am
4. Study Quran for 20mins, at least 10verses with meaning. 4:15am - 4:35am. Observe your Dua for 10mins, ask all your desires from Allah 4:35 - 4:45.
5. Eat Sahur from 4:45am till fajr.
5: Get prepared for Salatul Subhi after eating Sahur
7. Pray Salatu Subhi: @ the appointed time
8. Do Morning Azkar till 6am/6:30am
9. Rest/Prepare for the day till 7am.
10. Pray Salatu Duha, at least 4 Rakats. From 9:00am to 11:30am
11. Constantly Listen to Quran.
12. Pray Salatu Zuhr at the appointed time. Do 20mins Azkar.
13. Pray Salatu Asr at the appointed time & Do 20mins Evening Azkar, and recitation of the Qur'an.
14. Break your fast at sunset with what you can afford. But pray and ask Allah for anything and everything you want before breaking the fast. Pray Salatu Magrib, your Dua will not be rejected.
15. Pray Ishai at the right & Pray 11 Rakats of Taraweeh till 9:00pm.
16. After Taraweeh, spend 5mins to reflect on the day, and ask yourself these questions;. What did you do well? What needs to be improved?. What needs to stop? what needs to start?
Above all increase your sadaqah ( charity giving, by helping the poor and the needy). May we witness Ramadan in good health, Ameen Ya Allah.🙏
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Al-Fajr: 4 Pages
Zuhur: 4 pages
Al-Asr: 4 pages
Magrib: 4 pages
Isha: 4 pages
The method of completing the Qur’an during (15 days) every day has two parts
Al-Fajr: 8 Pages
Zuhur: 8 pages
Asr: 8 pages
Magrib: 8 pages
Isha: 8 pages
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Zuhur: 10 pages
Asr: 10 pages
Magrib: 10 pages
Isha: 10 pages
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Zuhur: 12 pages
Asr: 12 pages
Magrib: 12 pages
Isha: 12 pages
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-Tahajjud
-Istigfar
-Five daily prayers on time.
-Two raka’at before fajr prayer.
-Istigfar.
-Salat ad duha.
-Sadaka.
-Reading the Quran daily.
-Istigfar.
-Morning and evening adkhar.
-Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays.
-Istigfar.
-Istigfar.