Why Do Lymph Nodes Swell Up When You’re Sick?

Your lymphatic system plays an essential role in keeping you healthy, but how exactly does it work? » Subscribe to Seeker! » Watch more Human! » Visit our shop at The lymphatic system is incredibly important when it comes to maintaining a balanced amount of fluid around our bodies. Lymph nodes act like checkpoints around our bodies, constantly policing fluid taken from the blood to make sure everything’s okay. The lymphatic system is a network of lymph vessels that also includes larger organs like the spleen, thymus, and tonsils, and one of the lymphatic system’s main jobs is to drain fluid from the cardiovascular system and act like an emergency overflow channel. And while that’s the first job of our lymphatic systen, taking care of fluid balance. The lymphatic system also plays a supporting role in the immune system. And without our lymphatic system, our immune response would be entirely different. In this episode of Huma