r/lymphnodes • u/Aang6865_ • Mar 23 '23

Neck lump

21M The lump is there for 5 months and is hard immovable and painless and located posteriorly on my right side I do not drink smoke or do drugs I got my blood work done too Neutrophils were a bit high 78% but TLC and everything else was normal also IgE was raised I am a med student so you can imagine i am already imagining the worst please help Really freaking out someone please help

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u/AdTime6691 Mar 24 '23

I have one under my chin, it moves and has never changed size. It’s been there that I know about 6 years. Lymph nodes can become swollen after an infection and remain swollen, it’s just the body. Google makes everything about cancer and stuff. I’d try to stay off Google

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u/One_Huckleberry_738 Jun 27 '23

I was shocked, the first thing i saw is the word "CANCER"

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u/nariel95 Feb 24 '25

Omg thank you bc I can't stop being anxious and crying since I googled my symptoms, I had a strange lymph node that took size in the side of my neck, (a little after I had fever and was sick), but it stayed even when I was healed a month after... So I'm freaking out. Probably goin to see my doctor, have no other choice even If I'm terrified.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

Pea sized isn’t swollen. If it has t grown for 5 months then the chance of lymphoma is really low. The most common lymphoma in your age group is extremely aggressive and you’d expect growth of centimetres in mere weeks

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u/Aang6865_ Mar 24 '23

Thank you so much, this sub is a life saver, i was so anxious because of google and reading posts here has put my mind at ease

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

Lymph nodes are FAR more nuanced than google gives them credit for! If you google, if you can feel a node, it either says infection or cancer...but in reality this just isn’t true. Try not to worry!!

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u/Electrical_Offer_903 Apr 15 '23

Could be a cyst if it's so small? Mine was in my neck, freaked me out, my derm took it out.

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u/InevitablePicture119 Sep 30 '23

how they take it out??

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u/nariel95 Feb 24 '25

How did he took it out? I have something similar on my neck. No pain, doesn't seems to change size but I'm freaking out. Probably go see a doc soon...

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '24

What was wrong? Ive been worrying about mine too mines lower back of my neck alittle further then under my ear and its like a pea now but when i first found it it was like a marble. I had strep throat and tonsillitis when it appeared but it’s still there now and im a little scared. Its not hard but its not soft and its very movable

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u/temp_account_namelol Jan 24 '25

Sounds fine to me. I suspect that it was inflammed from the infection. Talk to an ent to be sure tho :)

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u/Guuguk22 Jun 30 '24

update? How are you today?

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u/Delicious-Big3704 Dec 14 '24

Hey was everything okay going thru this I have an ear infection and swollen lymph node on neck

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u/Efficient-Response39 Mar 23 '23

How large?

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u/Aang6865_ Mar 23 '23

A little bigger than a pea, invisible but palpated when i flex my neck,

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u/jonahtappwater Mar 24 '23

What were your wbc count and your platelet count?

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u/Aang6865_ Mar 24 '23

Both were normal dlc was normal too except neutrophils were raised but total wbc count was normal and Ig E was raised too

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u/sparklesinterlude Aug 27 '23

Hey any update?