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Swollen SubMandibular Gland
Several months ago I noticed that my Submandibular gland was swollen. Well at first I believed it to be a lymph node and before that I never even bothered to check out my nodes. I showed this to the doctor and he checked it out and thought the glands were "slightly" swollen. A month later I had an ultrasound on the area and the report came back stating that nothing was abnormal about the Submandibular gland this was in march of this year. I had a second doctor look at it and same response "Not really too bad nothing to worry about"
The only health issue with my mouth was I had infected gums around the time I discovered this. (I need a root canal and two teeth pulled plus I had massive build up of tartar and my gums were in sad shape according to the dentist) However the gum issue has been cleaned up.
The swelling is not consistient, some days it is bigger than others but never bigger than my thumb which apparently is a normal size for the gland anyways. It just feels firmer to me. It happens on both sides but the right side seems to get affected more when it does happen. it does not hurt really unless I play with it and sometimes it leads to a slight discomfort in my ears but never pain.
Is this normal to have happen? It is not swollen all the time and perhaps it is not even swollen just my paranoia. Also since an ultra sound right on the area revealed nothing and nothing has changed since that ultrasound.
I was just wondering if I should bring this up again to have it looked at further in depth or just leave it.
I am 33 years old, male have smoked in the past.
The only health issue with my mouth was I had infected gums around the time I discovered this. (I need a root canal and two teeth pulled plus I had massive build up of tartar and my gums were in sad shape according to the dentist) However the gum issue has been cleaned up.
The swelling is not consistient, some days it is bigger than others but never bigger than my thumb which apparently is a normal size for the gland anyways. It just feels firmer to me. It happens on both sides but the right side seems to get affected more when it does happen. it does not hurt really unless I play with it and sometimes it leads to a slight discomfort in my ears but never pain.
Is this normal to have happen? It is not swollen all the time and perhaps it is not even swollen just my paranoia. Also since an ultra sound right on the area revealed nothing and nothing has changed since that ultrasound.
I was just wondering if I should bring this up again to have it looked at further in depth or just leave it.
I am 33 years old, male have smoked in the past.
I've just recently been trough a stressful time that has left my confidence in my health shaken.
Since the end off 2011 I've been feeling like I have something stuck in my throat (although it doesn't really get painful just feels irritated from some sort of pressure) and last week I noticed the submandibular gland on right side was swollen - like you I thought it might be a lymph node but found out today from doctor it was the gland. Being paranoid at the moment about my health I immediately thought it might be some form of cancer but my doctor says that it doesn't have the the feel of anything like that, I wanted to get a biopsy done but right now all my other glands and nodes are fine and it has reduced in size since it first came up last week so he said that it's most likely detritus or a small stone.
I was also told that once a gland like the submandibular comes up it never goes completely down again.
I think that paranoia is completely understandable and especially if you've had this problem for 2 to 3 years, (I'm waiting to see an ENT about the weird pressure/acid reflux feel in my throat and hope they don't forever), it sounds like you've been pretty thoroughly examined but peace of mind is priceless so if you feel that this needs to be examined in more depth then I say you should - I know from what's happened to me recently that all avenues should be looked at and where your health is concerned being safe is better than sorry.
I wish you the best.
Since the end off 2011 I've been feeling like I have something stuck in my throat (although it doesn't really get painful just feels irritated from some sort of pressure) and last week I noticed the submandibular gland on right side was swollen - like you I thought it might be a lymph node but found out today from doctor it was the gland. Being paranoid at the moment about my health I immediately thought it might be some form of cancer but my doctor says that it doesn't have the the feel of anything like that, I wanted to get a biopsy done but right now all my other glands and nodes are fine and it has reduced in size since it first came up last week so he said that it's most likely detritus or a small stone.
I was also told that once a gland like the submandibular comes up it never goes completely down again.
I think that paranoia is completely understandable and especially if you've had this problem for 2 to 3 years, (I'm waiting to see an ENT about the weird pressure/acid reflux feel in my throat and hope they don't forever), it sounds like you've been pretty thoroughly examined but peace of mind is priceless so if you feel that this needs to be examined in more depth then I say you should - I know from what's happened to me recently that all avenues should be looked at and where your health is concerned being safe is better than sorry.
I wish you the best.
my son is three. His submandibular gland has been swollen for two weeks. He has also been in two different antibiotic for this amount of time. His swelling is no better. He had a surgical procedure done yesterday going in to try and "drain some puss" but there was no puss (again he has been on antibiotics for two weeks) so i am sure there was no puss. The doctors don't know what is wrong.
hey!.everyone i have this same problem, but i went to the dollar store in my area and bought some lemon drops made by Ferrara Pan i bit them up a little and sucked on them and .the problem was gone! hope this helps somebody
Its about 2-3 yrs now I noticed that my Submandibular gland was swollen. Well at first I believed it to be a lymph node and before that I never even bothered to check out my nodes. I showed this to the doctor and he checked it out and thought the glands were "slightly" swollen.2 yrs back firstly i got X-Ray done of the submandibular galands according to doctors there is nothing to be worried for.BUT after a month later I had an ultrasound on the area and the report came back stating that nothing was abnormal about the Submandibular gland. Still i was not satisfied because i am suffering with this problem and earlier the swelling use to occur once in a month or twice and later it started once in aweek and now daily even twice in a day and it's becoming worse day by day. I had a second doctor look at it and same response "Not really too bad nothing to worry about"
I even get the CT-SCan and according to that ita "apsis" and again doctor's say its nothing to worry about.
The swelling is not consistient, some days it is bigger than others but never bigger than my thumb which apparently is a normal size for the gland anyways. It just feels firmer to me. It happens on both sides but the right side seems to get affected more when it does happen. it does not hurt really unless I play with it and sometimes it leads to a slight discomfort in my ears but never pain.
Is this normal to have happen? It is not swollen all the time and perhaps it is not even swollen just my paranoia. Also since an ultra sound right on the area revealed nothing and nothing has changed since that ultrasound.
I was just wondering if I should bring this up again to have it looked at further in depth or just leave it.
I am 32 years old, female and nonsmoker.
I even get the CT-SCan and according to that ita "apsis" and again doctor's say its nothing to worry about.
The swelling is not consistient, some days it is bigger than others but never bigger than my thumb which apparently is a normal size for the gland anyways. It just feels firmer to me. It happens on both sides but the right side seems to get affected more when it does happen. it does not hurt really unless I play with it and sometimes it leads to a slight discomfort in my ears but never pain.
Is this normal to have happen? It is not swollen all the time and perhaps it is not even swollen just my paranoia. Also since an ultra sound right on the area revealed nothing and nothing has changed since that ultrasound.
I was just wondering if I should bring this up again to have it looked at further in depth or just leave it.
I am 32 years old, female and nonsmoker.
Hey all.
My symptoms go back about a year and a half now. Doctors telling me it was everything but TMJ and submandibular gland swelling.
I was diagnosed with labyrinthitis due to the dizziness that comes with TMJ. Not labyrinthitis after of course. I was constantly going to the doctors complaining about the what I thought was a sore throat, ear pain and swollen glands and was given antibiotics but to no avail. Being born with Microtia didn't help the TMJ which lead to one side of my jaw being longer than the other leading to why my jaw is popping in and out of its socket. To be honest I could live with the pain in my jaw but this swollen gland is really annoying me, I keep seeing cancer popping up on the screen and the professor i've been referred to see in Dublin is involved in cancer of the jaw and neck, etc so my i'm freaking out. I'm only 26 and my bloods came back perfect. No infection/ viral infection, etc. I'll have to wait a further 6 weeks to see a specialist. My life has completely done a 180. Nothing is the same. Stressed and depressed about this. Just want things to be ok.
My symptoms go back about a year and a half now. Doctors telling me it was everything but TMJ and submandibular gland swelling.
I was diagnosed with labyrinthitis due to the dizziness that comes with TMJ. Not labyrinthitis after of course. I was constantly going to the doctors complaining about the what I thought was a sore throat, ear pain and swollen glands and was given antibiotics but to no avail. Being born with Microtia didn't help the TMJ which lead to one side of my jaw being longer than the other leading to why my jaw is popping in and out of its socket. To be honest I could live with the pain in my jaw but this swollen gland is really annoying me, I keep seeing cancer popping up on the screen and the professor i've been referred to see in Dublin is involved in cancer of the jaw and neck, etc so my i'm freaking out. I'm only 26 and my bloods came back perfect. No infection/ viral infection, etc. I'll have to wait a further 6 weeks to see a specialist. My life has completely done a 180. Nothing is the same. Stressed and depressed about this. Just want things to be ok.
I have a swelling which gets bigger and swells up on one side. On eating or drinking it feels like swallowing broken glass. So far I have seen 2 registrars, a junior doctor at ENT unit at hospital. At no point has the Consultant deemed me worthy of seeing. I had a sialograph however this was not sucessful as they found out I had more saliva glands then normal human anatomy and so the dye just came out of the other openings and not actually going to the gland itself. I had to wait an hour (state of NHS) from the alloted time to be told that they were now going to do a ultrasound scan! I do drink excessively about 140 units a day and was an ex cigar smoker. My mother had the same problem but had private health care and it was sorted out in 2 weeks from finding the lump to removing a stone in the gland.
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