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What Causes Painful Reddish Lump On Arm?

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Posted on Mon, 12 May 2014
Question: I have a lump in my arm that is aching and has a redish color and is the size of a plumb, can you help?
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Answered by Dr. Chander Mohan Singh (49 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Consult your doctor for physical exmintaion. Detailed Answer: Hi, I have read your query. In general, a painful lump or swelling that appears suddenly over a day or two is usually caused by an injury or infection. It's likely to be an infection if the skin around the lump is red and warm. So you must consult your doctor who will do your physical examination and act accordingly. He will check whether swelling is adherent to bone, muscle or skin. He may advise you some investigations including some blood tests and if lump is adherent to bone or muscle he may advise you MRI scan to know the extent of lump. You have not given any history of fever, diabetes mellitus so I am asumming it to be normal. You have not mentioned, since how long the lump is present as duration of lump tell a different thing. Do not take any medication by your own. I hope it helps. You are welcome to ask further health related queries. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer 5 points for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-chander-mohan-singh/67013 Let me know if you have any concerns. Thanks. Dr.Singh.
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What Causes Painful Reddish Lump On Arm?

Brief Answer: Consult your doctor for physical exmintaion. Detailed Answer: Hi, I have read your query. In general, a painful lump or swelling that appears suddenly over a day or two is usually caused by an injury or infection. It's likely to be an infection if the skin around the lump is red and warm. So you must consult your doctor who will do your physical examination and act accordingly. He will check whether swelling is adherent to bone, muscle or skin. He may advise you some investigations including some blood tests and if lump is adherent to bone or muscle he may advise you MRI scan to know the extent of lump. You have not given any history of fever, diabetes mellitus so I am asumming it to be normal. You have not mentioned, since how long the lump is present as duration of lump tell a different thing. Do not take any medication by your own. I hope it helps. You are welcome to ask further health related queries. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer 5 points for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-chander-mohan-singh/67013 Let me know if you have any concerns. Thanks. Dr.Singh.