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Can Smoking Marijuana Over Long Periods Cause Swelling In The Lymph Nodes Of The Throat?

Hello im Jesse im 18 years old and I have been having problems with swollen hurting l ymphnodes in my throat and neck for the past year. I have gone to multiple doctors nd have had tests done and they cant seem to find out why. Or they tell me just to ignore it nd it will go away but I've had this for a year now with no getting better. So its brings me to my question . I have been smoke mmarijuana for a couple years at least 6 times a day and i realized maybe thats why so I went looking online nd found and article with someone of the same symptoms who had also smoke weed for a long time . So my question is do you think over smoking marijuana for long periods of time could be causing my lymphnodes to swell?
Sat, 18 Jan 2014
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Hello, Thank you for consulting with healthcare magic.
As you are mentioning that you have a swollen lymph node it indicates that there is some infection which is causing this lymph node to enlarge, it can be possible that any of your tooth is infected, better once you should visit a good dentist.
And yes long term use of marijuana also causes these kind of lymph node enlargement as it is causing damage to the soft tissue of your mouth and throat as well, in this case better you skip it.
Hope it will help you.
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Can Smoking Marijuana Over Long Periods Cause Swelling In The Lymph Nodes Of The Throat?

Hello, Thank you for consulting with healthcare magic. As you are mentioning that you have a swollen lymph node it indicates that there is some infection which is causing this lymph node to enlarge, it can be possible that any of your tooth is infected, better once you should visit a good dentist. And yes long term use of marijuana also causes these kind of lymph node enlargement as it is causing damage to the soft tissue of your mouth and throat as well, in this case better you skip it. Hope it will help you.