
What Causes Swollen Gland Behind Ear, Headaches And Radiating Pain From Shoulder To Arms?

Regular follow up to watch how this develops will be needed
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for your query.
1. Sub-centimeter sized lymph nodes are not considered significant you may keep a regular check on them. This one seems to be in the parotid or retro-auricular region and are very common.
2. Ideally, an ultrasound would settle the diagnosis. The most common cause for such lumps would be reactive lymph nodes. There are more than three hundred of these in the head and neck region alone. Normally lymph nodes are not palpable. After responding to an inflammation or infection, the lymph nodes enlarge and later do not regress to their original size. Hence they are palpable thereafter. This is normal.
3. A lymphoma will cause the glands to keep on enlarging and there will be other signs and symptoms. Hence this is not a cause for worry.
4. As regards the pain in the shoulder and arm after sipping alcohol, it is a referred pain from the gut. Yes, there is a rare relation to Hodgkin's Lymphoma, however as mentioned above, there are many other common symptoms of a lymphoma that will not be missed by regular examination and wait loss.
I hope that I have answered your query. If you have any more questions I will be available to answer them.
Regards.

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