Abscess in neck lymph node
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Lump behind the ear could be an abscess, folliculitis (hair follicle infection), an infected cyst, an inflamed lymph node or a neurofibroma (localized harmless swelling in of nerve and connective tissue). Since there is a swelling in neck, it can be an abscess or an inflamed lymph node. However swollen lymphnodes behind your ears could be due to chest infection, tonsillitis or pharyngitis, dandruff, infection of ear or even metastasis from a cancer. It could also be of tubercular pathology.
See the skin colour above the lymph node, if the skin is red or pink, it means that the lymph node is loosing the battle against the infectious agent, you better get yourself checked then. Some drugs( like anti-epilepsy drugs Phenytoin) or vaccine (for typhoid fever) could also cause painful lymph node swelling. If other signs like fever, weight loss , tiredness and weight loss are accompanying painful lymph node, you better rush to the hospital, could be the indication of serious infection,.
Hi! You probably have a boil or abscess on your ear lobe. Neck lymph nodes can be the result of tonsillitis, pharyngitis (infection of upper throat), infection in mouth, caries in tooth, internal ear infection, outer ear infection, eczema, dermatitis, dandruff, breast cancer, fungal infection, other cancers like lymphoma etc. If you had flu like symptoms initially then it could be due to infectious mononucleosis too. In your case in all probability it is the outer ear infection.
The other possibilities are a cyst (usually grows big or small depending on the fluid in it), a neurofibroma (localized harmless swelling in a nerve), lipoma (localized collection of fat), a swollen lymph node, an abscess, or folliculitis (hair follicle infection). An abscess can be hot or warm if it is infective due to bacteria and it can be cold without heat if it is a tubercular abscess.
A lump that feels warm and is present on the side of the face (underneath where the earlobe attached to my face) could be a swollen lymph node or a chronically inflamed parotid gland or a parotid abscess (localized collection of pus) or an abscess not involving the parotid gland.
This may need to be drained, treated with antibiotics and you must consult a doctor immediately. Take care!
the doctor asumed that it was an staph or something and sent us home with an antibiotic. The next morning (09/02) the lymph node up by his ear was swollen, on the same side as the jaw line ones. Since he had dental work earlier in the week I took him back to his dentist, who then said that it was not an oral problem what so ever, he then referred me to the ENT. Since Blake was already on meds they scheduled to see him at the end of the next week.
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This kind of bump can be a swollen lymph node,a sebaceous cyst or a boil. Lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes) is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection along with other numerous causes.Treatment is usually cold compresses,over the counter anti-inflammatory analgesics(pain killers) like acetaminophen or ibuprofen,antibiotics if cause of infection is suspected to be a bacteria and surgical drainage if there is any abscess formation.
There are lots of lymph nodes in the neck. The lymphatic vessels are like a drainage system for your body. Lymph nodes sometimes get swollen when there's an infection somewhere - a doctor will be the best person to examine them and figure out what's going on. Go and see someone asap so he can get treatment asap.
All of your symptoms except for the tooth infections and swollen lymph nodes in your neck are what I experienced, and for a similar length of time. Question: in addition to the swollen lymph glands are you also experiencing weight loss and are having night sweats? If so you may have a form of lymphoma. But, only testing will reveal what the real problem is. Visit with your MD and have him do x-rays and ct scans. These methods were used to diagnose my Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Maybe you have an infection in your ear or sinus. I have had a large lymph node in my neck for years (17 mm a few years ago). It is sometimes tender. I may have some infection in my head, because I have pain in the left side of my head, tinnitus and have recently got vertigo. I have chronic sinusitis, but now I think that I have something wrong in my ear or have a retropharyngeal abscess. Chronic infections do not always cause crlear sympotoms.
I'm going through almost same exact thing as your first entry you wrote only for the last 4 months and the ear pain only Comes at night sometimes. My lymph node is basically in my right side of neck/throat. Because the node isn't sore or i'm sick in any way (she tested for previous mono, viruses, thyroid, blood count) its not fighting off any kind of infection.
had a lump on the side of my neck in june. thought it went away but apparently did not and grew. had complete CBC in june and in september and were both normal. had mammo and ultrasound. radiologist said not breast or lung cancer. he did find also enlarged lymph nodes under left armpit. then saw surgeon and she also found enlarged lymph nodes by groin. I have zero symptoms of lymphoma. all drs are thinking it can be that. what do you think. all enlarged lymph nodes are on my left side.
This sounds like a swollen lymph node that comes from either a bacterial infection like strep throat, or a tooth abscess.
If its a tooth, you'll know soon enough as pain will become moderate to severe, and localized to the area around the affected tooth. See a dentist.
If it's strep, you'll soon feel other symptoms.
Gargle with antiseptic mouthwash, apply warm washcloth to the nodes, use tylenol for pain and fever.
Lump behind the ear could be an abscess, folliculitis (hair follicle infection), lipoma (localized collection of fat), a cyst, an inflamed lymph node or a neurofibroma (localized harmless swelling in of nerve and connective tissue). You may not have been sick but local infections like dandruff or a dermatitis too can cause a lymph node to swell and be tender. Please consult your PCP and get this examined. Take care!
For the last 4 months or so Ive had a thickening of the skin over my right axillae. I has a huge abscess in the area which resolved spontaneously after antibiotics. I noticed the irregularity in my skin soon afterwards. The lump hasnt increased in size but it wont go away either. Any thoughts??....thanks.
Then about a week later I found the much smaller (but still swollen) and movable lymph node in my neck. They did a scan of both, and all they said is that my tonsils are enlarged which has to do with something making my tonsils swell. I also had an X-ray, CBC, and urine test which all came back normal. Would these have ruled out anything you mentioned? What about cat-scratch disease? They want to see me in 6 weeks to check up.
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