Sore throats swollen glands

During the early years of M.E, yes, but not anymore.

 

Sampling lymph nodes is a very unrewarding exercise. We did needle aspirations in the 1990s and learnt nothing much. They can diagnose cancer, that's about all. Biopsy removes the functioning node and is not justified unless you are looking for a clear diagnosis like lymphoma or TB. Cell populations vary enormously otherwise.

 

I was doing some searching on 'flu-like symptoms' as this is usually listed in 'other symptoms' for ME/CFS diagnosis.
However, it would appear that the individual symptoms and collectively 'flu-like symptoms' are also associated with anxiety and depression and even bi-polar disorder. There are many articles and papers on this.
But I was shocked to find so many. I haven't dug into it more to see when this association started as I suspected the whole mind-body thing ( There is this from 2009:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20035251/).

But the only symptom as part of the 'flu-like symptoms' that doesn't seem to get included as associated with a mental health disorder is 'sore throat' (I haven't really looked into swollen lymph-nodes).

(Some articles say that 'flu-like symptoms' are often referred to by the medical profession as 'general malaise').