Ear/neck Lymph Nodes, Very Swollen Posted: 11-02-07 09:13am
Hi,
I am a 23 year old female. My lymph node
behind my right ear and above my neck on
the right side has been swelling off and
on for YEARS now. Even when it's not
swollen, it's still prodominately bigger
than my left side. It feels like the size
of a silver dollar in roundness. Recently,
I discovered on my neck where the spine
and the base of my head meet on the right
side there is a dime sized lump that gets
swollen to. It feels sort of seperate from
the whole gland behind my ear. When it
swells it mostly when I find myself being
under stress, on my monthly cycle, or
sometimes it just swells for what I
recognize as no reason. Or maybe I'm just
not acknowledging my stress level? I don't
know! But this morning I woke up in a lot
of pain back there. It was swollen more
than usual and it was running up the right
side of my head to my right temple. I had
a few dizzy spells to. I took some
Excedrin Migrane and it has tampered off
some, but my upper neck is just incredibly
sore where the dime sized 'knot' is. I've
not had any injury to my head in the back
where this is located, but in the past I
have had head injuries such as hitting my
head on something, but it's all been
minor. Nothing too serious.
Is this normal for it to occur for years?
What could this be? Just an infection that
has lasted over time or something else?
Could there be something more to this? I
just don't know what to do...I just hate
visiting the doctor. I'd like to use it as
my very very very very last resort.
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monkeygirl22
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Posted: 11-09-07 17:07pm
You definitely need to see a doctor. It
does sound like you probably have an
infection. If it's been going on for years
though you should have already seen
someone.
