I had a hard pea-sized lymph node in my neck, just below my chin and to the left 1/2". I was a healthy former competitive weight lifter, bodybuilder and martial arts instructor with strict eating habbits. I feel like a 10 year weight has been lifted off my shoulders. If you're still anxious about it, get it checked for peace of mind. I'm very glad I got mine checked and would encourage anyone else to do the same, but if you're like me and have had something for years with no changes and no symptoms, it's probably nothing. I'm posting this here for other people like me who feel a bump, Google it, and get freaked out. What it did was push my lymph node there forward and is causing it to protrude, making it hard and immovable. In my case, my styloid process on my left side is slightly elongated, which is entirely normal. It turns out that there is a bone behind your ears called your styloid process. My biggest worry was this one lymph node behind my left ear that is rock hard. He checked me out well and did an ultrasound on my neck. What he said was basically what you said. I had already made an appointment with an ENT for today, so I kept it and got it checked anyway. Has anyone experienced the same or similar things? Thanks in advance.įisrt, thanks a lot for your input. I'm hoping that because there has been no change its nothing to worry about. Is this something I should be concerned about? It is something that stays in the back of my mind because I was never told what exactly caused them. Absolutely no change in them in 10 years. Fast forward to today and the 2 lymph nodes are still there, exact same size, shape, and texture as before. He told me to watch them and make sure I don't get more and the ones I have don't change in size or shape. He told me I had nothing to worry about and sometimes people just get this. He first put me on antibiotics, then, when they didn't go down, ordered a CT scan that was clear. Anyways, about 6 years ago I finally decided to get my 2 lymph nodes checked out by a GP. I've always had a slight case of asthma that causes wheezing at night and coughs when working out. Back then I had bronchitis at least once a year and twice had very slight pneumonia. The other is by my left clavicle and is about 1 cm. One is directly below my left ear and is less than a centimeter. I first noticed I had 2 hard lymph nodes over 10 years ago when I was in high school.
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