MANAGEMENT OF LYMPHADENITIS
Pemeriksaan Penunjang
1. Pemeriksaan skrining TB : BTA sputum, LED, Mantoux Test
2. Laboratorium darah perifer lengkap
Supporting examination
1. TB screening examination: smear sputum, LED, Mantoux Test
2. Complete peripheral blood laboratory
Prosedur Penatalaksanaan :
1. Pencegahan dengan menjaga kesehatan dan kebersihan badan bisa
membantu mencegah terjadinya berbagai infeksi
2. Kompres dengan air hangat untuk mengurangi rasa nyeri
3. Tatalaksana pembesaran KGB leher didasarkan pada
penyebabnya :
● Penyebab oleh virus dapat sembuh sendiri dan tidak
membutuhkan pengobatan selain observasi
● Pengobatan pada infeksi KGB oleh bakteri adalah
antibiotik oral selama 10 hari dengan pemantauan dalam
2 hari pertama flucloxacilin 25mg/kgbb empat kali sehari.
Bila ada reaksi alergi terhadap antibiotik golongan
penicilin dapat diberikan eritromisin 15 mg/kgbb tiga kali
sehari
● Bila penyebabnya adalah mycobacterium TB maka
diberikan obat anti TB
4. Jika infeksi telah tertangani, kelenjar akan mengecil perlahan dan
rasa nyeri akan berkurang.
Management:
1. Prevention by maintaining health and body hygiene can help
prevent various infections
2. Compress with warm water to reduce pain
3. Management of neck lymph node enlargement is based on the
cause:
• Viral causes are self-limiting and do not require treatment
other than observation
• Treatment of bacterial lymph node infection is oral antibiotics
for 10 days with monitoring in the first 2 days of flucloxacillin
25 mg/kg body weight four times a day. If there is an allergic
reaction to penicillin antibiotics, erythromycin 15 mg/kg three
times a day can be given
• If the cause is mycobacterium TB then anti-TB drugs are given
4. If the infection has been treated, the gland will shrink slowly and
the pain will decrease.
Referral criteria:
1. Failure to shrink after 4-6 weeks referred to find the cause
(indication for biopsy)
2. A biopsy is performed if there are signs and symptoms suggestive of
malignancy, the lymph nodes persist or increase in size with
appropriate treatment, or the diagnosis has not been confirmed.
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