
Noticed Tiny Pimples On Scalp Post Dyeing Hair, Later Swollen Lymph Node, Low Grade Fever. Will It Resolve On Its Own?

The clinical picture you describe is very suggestive of an infection, probably a bacterial infection. These should be infected skin, which presented as pustules or pus containing bumps. It is important to know the lymph nodes in the body contain immune cells, thus an infection of an area in its drainage sector, usually causes a reaction, characterized by growth and mobilization of many immune cells, especially white blood cells to fight against the infection. This usually results in swelling.
The response to bacterial infection generally called an inflammatory reaction, in the process of release of immune mediators that lead to mobilization of white blood cells to fight infection, usually leads to the release of specific substances called pyrogens or fever inducing substances. This should be your case, and noticing fever should therefore not be considered unusual.
Prescription of an antibiotic and an anti pyretic or analgesic for fever and pain should be very sufficient. Common skin germs like Staphylococcus are taken into consideration during prescription and the dosage and duration of treatment shall be determined by your primary care physician, based on his clinical appreciation.
I therefore suggest you book an appointment with your family care physician.
Thanks and best regards as I wish you the best of health,
Dr Luchuo, MD.

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