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swollen gland? help me not freak out
Beasteh
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Hey folks
Over the past few days, the right side of my neck under my jawline has swollen up at a particular spot, maybe to the size of a marble
It is sore to the touch and looks weird, but otherwise I feel fine
I have never had this happen before but I understand it is something glandular? My friends told me to get it checked out
My mother died of lymphoma so I am a little worried
Over the past few days, the right side of my neck under my jawline has swollen up at a particular spot, maybe to the size of a marble
It is sore to the touch and looks weird, but otherwise I feel fine
I have never had this happen before but I understand it is something glandular? My friends told me to get it checked out
My mother died of lymphoma so I am a little worried
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But, what An-D said: gland lumps are always see doctor now stuff. Especially in your neck. Even a harmless lump could get in the way of something important if it's left alone too long.
It was an infected lymph node, leftovers from a cold I had. They gave me antibiotics and told me to drink more water, and it went away in about a week
I wouldn't worry too much about a couple of days, even if it is infected that shouldn't be a problem. If things get worse (intense pain, nausea, fainting, etc.) I hope I don't need to tell you ER NOW!!!!!! but that's really unlikely.
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torn between relieved and terrified
doesn't help that watching 9/11 vids is making me uncomfortable
thanks for the advice thus far!
Even in the worst case you'll still be okay. A friend of mine had one and cut that bitch open himself which is a nasty and horrible thing to do. Going to the doctor straightened everything out and things were lovely again without any fuss.
What?! Really?
Guess he saw something he didn't like on his body and thought knives were the solution (they typically work for him)
He actually thought it was some big ass pimple and was like juicing the sucker as well.
But after cutting it open it continued to bleed for quite a while and I think that's when he made his appointment.
When that lovely drunken night came we realized we left his knives in the car.
He removed all the warts with his bare hands. I still have the blood covered shirt as well.
He tried to make a smiley.
It's a crappy cell pic, but the Wild Turkey as a sanitizer hurt more then the actually ripping and tearing.
No scars either. The warts were very.. surface oriented.
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am going to pretend you didn't post anything so I can stop thinking about it.
OP, while I would definitely get it checked out, lymphoma is a pretty big jump. You're doing the right thing by getting it checked out, and there's absolutely no reason to worry until the doctor gives you one. Swollen glands are pretty common.
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Wait a couple of weeks then go doctors is my advice.
Is the pain constant, or does it come and go, especially with meals (salivary gland stones can do that)? Has it been fluctuating in size? Have you had any other infections recently?
no other infections, hasn't changed in size
Turns out it was a branchial cleft cyst. More common in small children, but not unheard of in adults. It results when a pocket in the cartilage of your neck begins to fill with fluid (in my case it was after a bad sinus infection). By the time surgery was scheduled and I was ready to have it removed it was over 15cm diameter, and was pressing on my jugular and several important nerve clusters.
Only when it really began to balloon up past 10 cm did it hurt, and that was just from the pressure of the massive blob on my neck..
A photo taken around when I first saw a doctor. It went from little lump to this big in a couple days:
Immediately following surgery:
TLDR: Don't fuck around, see a doctor.
Two years ago, I also had one of these. Like Usagi, it turned out to be an infected lymph node. They gave me antibiotics and it went away in a week or so.
In short, go see a doctor; it's probably nothing big.
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I had the same kind of thing; got sick, got better-ish, but a week or two later got a lump in the pelvic area... freaked out, went to the dr, they did some blood tests and said if it got bigger to check back in a week if it was bigger, and the tests came back clean for cancers/etc and it went away in a week or two
But part of the reason for being fine with waiting was the completely clean blood tests for signs of leukemias; so go to the doctor and get it checked out. If you've lost weight recently / having night sweats, they said those were also troublesome symptoms.