
Had Flu, Phlegm In Chest, Runny Nose, Headache, Muscle Pain, Enlarged Lymph Node. Rice Grain Popping Out Of Skin. Is It A Lymph Node?

However, now the pain has gone but that thing now looks like a rice grain that is popping out into the skin, it has the texture of a skin stretch XXXXXXX
could that be a lymph node? or something else as some say lymph nodes dont pop up like that? pls advise doc thanks
Also, my ear stud had e clip stuck in my ear lobe and i took that out last night and there was a little blood but that part of the ear hurts when i touch it now. But that is my left ear.
Thanks for posting your query
What I gather from you history is that you had a painful swelling in the right groin two days back - the size of the same and the condition of skin over it - Not Mentioned [ Does this pop up on standing- straining - or Coughing ?]
And two days later the swelling has shrunken to the size of a rice grain
I am of the opinion that this would have been a small boil which has regressed under the effect of antibiotics you might have been receiving for your respiratory infections
The chances that it would be a lymph node are very remote as you do not have any history related to injury or infection in the lower limb - the area drained in to groin lymph nodes
Well it has nothing to do with the ear injury - you may take a regular pain killer to control the same
Hope this helps
If you have any query get back to me with the condition of the skin over the swelling or if you have a image of the same - or the image of the present condition
Get Well Soon


Thanks for posting your followup
I have had a look at the image
The area that you have pointed and the appearance of the swelling is suggestive of a small infected cyst, usually we do not find lymph nodes in this area nor do they look like the one in the picture
It appears to be a cyst [May be infected]
Antibiotic will help control the infection
But it may need to be removed surgically
Hope this helps
If you have no more doubts do accept my reply and rate it
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yeah its smaller now- i was doing some kinda massage where i was rubbing that "node thing" and there was no pain at all,not even the slightest. it got smaller after that though.
couple of questions doc:
1.if its a node- will it hurt for sure if i press very tightly on it and massage that area?
2.from the pic- there are no nodes in the area?
3.if it remains this way for eg the next 3 months and it does not grow neither does it give me pain- can i ignore it?
4. cld it be a vein that has popped up?
Thanks for your query
I can understand your anxiety
Unless I examine you clinically I won't be able to stamp it
Yes it cannot be a lymphnode as superficial in this area
There are lymph nodes there but not as seen in image
Your history of massage also favors a cyst
Lymph node if infected will pain
Nothing to worry if it remains there and stable
No it cannot be a vein
Best is go for an ultrasound
Hope this helps
Get well soon

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