Bruxism problem

Hi there I grind and clench alot. I wear a guard but my lower right gums are really tender and my first molar aches. I also have a lymph node that gets inflamed. I just wondering does anyone else get a bit of swelling around there lower jaw from Bruxism and an inflamed lymph node. It's really bugging me.

Thanks

I used to have a tooth at the top poking into and rubbing the gum and teeth at the bottom of my mouth. It made all my problems seem much worse than they otherwise would have been because I couldn't concentrate due to the the constant pain and lack of sleep. I would have this radiating pain which would bring on headaches and migraines. It made my life pretty hellish for about two years. Have you see a dentist? Can they help you with this? The wearing of the guard suggests to me that you might have. As far as I know I didn't get swelling of the lymph node, but I might have. I got heaps of swelling and redness, and I couldn't fully close my mouth without intense pain for the time I had the problem.