I don't know if this is the correct place to post, but it is 100% OCD related so I suppose in a way it is :)
I am completely obsessed with feeling my lymph nodes in my neck, I have 4 that I can feel, 2 on each side in the same spot. They are less than 1cm, about the size of a pea. From all my research I have read that as long as a lymph node is less than 1cm then it is not considered swollen, but other websites say that lymph nodes should not be palpable unless they are swollen, so this kind of confuses me! I am quite skinny, so I am hoping that they are normal lymph nodes and have probably always been there but I have only just noticed them.
I have asked my doctor, who just said she can feel them but they are not swollen, but I still can't stop obsessing over them, I feel them all day long, and if I don't it is a struggle to stop myself.
So I guess my question is, does anyone else have normal, palpable lymph nodes in their neck? It is driving me crazy, I am freaking out about HIV, or Lymphoma or anything bad really. I am pregnant and a bit of a basket case lately :(