<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.I have chronic 5yrs generalised lymph node swelling in the groin on both sides however the left nodes are quite hard and not in lumps but one long swollen mass about a finger length 5cm long and 1 cm in width. There is a worrying pain from the left side, not very painful but sometimes sharp. The pain is dull and always there but sometimes shoots up as if a nerve is compressed or something. Could the swollen nodes have pinched a nerve?  <response>: Hello, I can understand your concern. As lymph nodes are surrounded by nerves and blood vessels everywhere around them, increase in their size due to swelling can surely compress the nerve andor blood vessels causing pain and other neurological symptoms. I think this is the time you should see your treating doctor or neurologist and discuss the situation as if the swelling is increasing, it can cause further complications. I hope this information helps. Thank you for choosing Chat Doctor. Take care. Best, 