 [ Symptoms ] what are the systems of the flu is ear ache one [ Disease ] swollen neck lymph nodes may be the result of an infection inflammation cancer or viruses in your case it is suspected that your recent cold is the cause of the enlarged neck lymph node treatment is dependent on the cause with bacterial infections possibly needing antibiotics a virus needing to run its course and cancers being attacked with multiple individualized treatments the link below will access a webmd article on the topic of lymph nodes <link>