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This is a lymph node. Lymph nodes will swell up to when fighting an infection. They also will swell with other issues.
If I were you, I would keep an eye on it. Avoid touching it all of the time. Check on it once, twice a week very lightly. If it starts to get larger you will need to have a doctor look at it. It is probably nothing.
I don't think it's a lymph node because I know where my lymph nodes are, but the thing im talking about has been there forever but I just got worried about it all of a sudden.
I forgot to mention that it's about the size of a navy bean. anyone have this? I heard it's harmless *from someone else* but I just want to make sure. I've just recently became more aware of it.
i don't know for sure but i think i have something similar. Mines on the right side of my neck about half way down, sometimes i can feel it and if i leave it alone it dissappears. I have never felt it on the left side.
You have many glands, nodes etc all around your body and touching them alot can bring them up.
If you notice when a doctor feels your neck to check for enlarged ones, they hardly touch you at all, so if you've had it for as long as you can remember i wouldn't worry too much, i've stopped worrying about mine.
If you are bothered by it, a quick check by a doctor should put you right.
that is either a lymph node or a cyst, trust me i have the same thing, i have had it for years, if it is lymph nodes you could have a bacterial infection or some type of infection, but since it's been there for awhile probably a cyst who knows
If I were you, I would keep an eye on it. Avoid touching it all of the time. Check on it once, twice a week very lightly. If it starts to get larger you will need to have a doctor look at it. It is probably nothing.
Debbie
I forgot to mention that it's about the size of a navy bean. anyone have this? I heard it's harmless *from someone else* but I just want to make sure. I've just recently became more aware of it.
You have many glands, nodes etc all around your body and touching them alot can bring them up.
If you notice when a doctor feels your neck to check for enlarged ones, they hardly touch you at all, so if you've had it for as long as you can remember i wouldn't worry too much, i've stopped worrying about mine.
If you are bothered by it, a quick check by a doctor should put you right.