Lymph Node Below Ear? Please Help Posted: 04-26-06 18:23pm
Hello, a few weeks ago I was feeling
around my neck area for lymph nodes and I
found a few small ones, but nothing to
serious. I did find a medium sized
(what I thought was a)node below my
earlobe behind my jaw, but i'm not sure if
its even a lymph node or just a part of
the mastoid process. Its not soft
or moveable, so it makes me think its not
a node, it doesn't really hurt and hasn't
changed size since i've noticed it.
I feel as good as I have ever felt, but
am worried because i've researched about
lymph nodes that are swollen. I
can feel the knob better when my head is
tilted back.
Can someone help me out, is it normal to
have a lymph node in this area or is it
just a skull bone or muscle? Does
everyone have these little lumps below
their ears?
Heres another picture of lymph nodes in
the neck area, but it doesn't show any in
the area that i'm talking about... If
you look closely, you can see a protrution
right below the ear lobe, which is the
spot i'm talking about.
I'm not sure i'd be too worried about it
unless it was changing nature - size /
tenderness etc. I find that lymph nodes
can be very reactive things - if I have a
muscle strain or back patch of eczema, my
lymph nodes in that area will be raised
and tender and may not always completely
disappear afterwards. I've had a solid
raised node in my neck for as long as I
can remember (on that link of yours, it's
slightly higher than the posterior
cervical area) and it's not something I or
my doctor are worried about.
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earcyst
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 10-27-06 09:16am
I have this exact same thing. Hoping for
an update from the op on what it was and
what treatment you got. Thanks.
