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Child Having Pain In Armpit During Night. What Could Be Causing This?

Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2012

Question: My 3 year old chlid complains about pain in his right armpit. It does not seems to bother him during the day (unless I want to touch it), but he is touching his arm pit frequently during the night. I do not feel any obvious lump, but I am not a physician.... he has no fever, only a runny nose. Thanks.

Answered by Dr. Sumitra Kumar Mukherjee (1 hour later)

Dear XXXXXXX I think your son may have got inflamed axillary gland. He may has
had an infection some where around(R)armpit and the function of the lymph glands
are to arrest infection and as a result they become painful. In 3yrs old child If a very tiny lymph gland in the armpit is affected it is extremely difficult to identify. The pain in lymphgland
is produced when the gland capsule is stressed. Apart from that if the child strained
muscles or ligaments around armpit(Axilla) the pain may linger for a while.
I strongly advise you to take your son to a competent Paeditrician for through
examination and treatment. But the history which you have given I feel it will
settle down in course of time. Kindest regards Dr S.K.Mukherjee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar