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Suggest Treatment For Swollen Lymph Nodes Near Ear While Treating Flu

Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2015

Question: My 62 year old wife ..has what seems like a swollen gland at the edge of the ear where jaw bone ends. She has fought a cold a bit ...2 weeks she says ..We have had a case of the flu also she has been exposed to but she did not get it but fought it off

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Swollen parotid gland

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

It looks like your wife has inflammation of the parotid gland. I recommend you to do the following

1. Cold compress the swollen area for 5 min, 4 times a day
2. Tab Levocetrizine twice daily is the ideal anti inflammatory drug to be taken twice daily
3. Avoid spicy food
4. Avpid cold food and beverages
5. If the gland gets red, swollen and painful then please approach an ENT surgeon for an x ray, sometimes the gland gets swollen because of stone blocking the drainage of it

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

Regards

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