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What Does A Small Lump Under The Cheekbone Indicate?
Question: i JUST NOTICED A LUMP ABOAUT THE SIZE OF A PEA UNDER MY RIGHT CHEKBONE.THERE IS NOT ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT ALSO DOESN'T HURT
IT ALSO DOESN'T HURT
Brief Answer:
Please, do not get disturbed by this!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
It is not uncommon to find small swollen glands around the neck region. These are glands that fight infection located in the head and neck region. Each time there is an infection, they work actively to control it and in this process, there is an increase in size. After the infection they slowly regress to regain their initial sizes but rarely do they get back to the very tiny sizes over repeated processes. this explains why you may be able to feel tiny glands under the check bone. There is no point in getting disturbed about this as it is a common and often non specific finding in a huge percentage of the population.
Most of my clients often get too worried about cancer. For sure this is no cancer. Cancer nodes grow very big and your description does not suggest so.
In all, this is a common non pathological finding in a non negligible percentage of the population. There is no point getting worried right now. Cancer is not a possible cause of this just now.
I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thanks for using our services and do feel free to ask for more information and clarification if need be.
Please, do not get disturbed by this!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
It is not uncommon to find small swollen glands around the neck region. These are glands that fight infection located in the head and neck region. Each time there is an infection, they work actively to control it and in this process, there is an increase in size. After the infection they slowly regress to regain their initial sizes but rarely do they get back to the very tiny sizes over repeated processes. this explains why you may be able to feel tiny glands under the check bone. There is no point in getting disturbed about this as it is a common and often non specific finding in a huge percentage of the population.
Most of my clients often get too worried about cancer. For sure this is no cancer. Cancer nodes grow very big and your description does not suggest so.
In all, this is a common non pathological finding in a non negligible percentage of the population. There is no point getting worried right now. Cancer is not a possible cause of this just now.
I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thanks for using our services and do feel free to ask for more information and clarification if need be.
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