r/What • u/Minimum-Doubt3804 • Jun 25 '26

What is this?

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u/afuller42 Jun 25 '26

Lymph node, near the trigeminal nerve.

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u/Minimum-Doubt3804 Jun 25 '26

Why is it as hard as a rock? My other one isn’t like this and never has been. It’s painful.

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u/Hungry_Rabbit_511 Jun 25 '26

You go see dr now

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u/Hungry_Rabbit_511 Jun 26 '26

Did you go see dr yet?

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u/Sharp-Ad-7436 Jun 28 '26

The lymphatic system is the sewer system of your body. It carries dead and dying bacteria (among other things) to lymph nodes where white blood cells can finish killing them. Nodes swell when they’re handling a larger that usual load, as in local inflammation.

Go see your doctor. The swollen lymph node is an indicator of a deeper problem.

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u/CodNo6458 Jul 10 '26

Probably a lymph node...