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Weird lump on my neck
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Managed to get a doctors appointment for tuesday morning, but wondered if anybody could suggest an explanation for this.
I have a weird lump on the left side of my neck, 2" round from the spine and just below my hair line. It's solid to the touch, and there isn't a matching one on the other side, ergo it shouldn't be there. It's roughly the size of my fingertip, about 2cm tall by 1cm wide, it's vertical on my neck. Apparently you can't see it as it's under the skin, but it can definately be felt. Noticed it 10minutes ago, and after prodding it a bit it now aches. It doesn't interfere with the movement of my neck, and aside from a brief and headache yesterday, I've had no other symptoms.
Any suggestions? It had better not interfere with me going away to blackpool on wednesday. :grump:
I have a weird lump on the left side of my neck, 2" round from the spine and just below my hair line. It's solid to the touch, and there isn't a matching one on the other side, ergo it shouldn't be there. It's roughly the size of my fingertip, about 2cm tall by 1cm wide, it's vertical on my neck. Apparently you can't see it as it's under the skin, but it can definately be felt. Noticed it 10minutes ago, and after prodding it a bit it now aches. It doesn't interfere with the movement of my neck, and aside from a brief and headache yesterday, I've had no other symptoms.
Any suggestions? It had better not interfere with me going away to blackpool on wednesday. :grump:
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As far as I've heard, lumps that are painful are generally not too dangerous.
My sister-in-law had something like that and the doctor gave three possibilities; harmlesss lump, TB, tumour.
Let's hope it's just a harmless lump.
It's not painful at all now, just there. I'm aware of it though so it's going to annoy me. :rolleyes: