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Lumps Behind Ears, Larger And Sorer, Itchy Head. Why Would That Happen?

I have got 2 lumps behind each ear down the bottom behind the love and up the top. On one side the bottom one is larger and sorer even when not being touched.. The others are smaller and only hurt when touched.. I also have 2 on the back of my head just were my neck and head kind of join. I have also had a itchy head and have alot of sores and itchy kind of bumps coming up.
Mon, 13 May 2013
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Hello,
You have a itchy head , so that can be the source of infection because of which you are developing lymph nodes on both sides of neck.
You must see a dermatologist so that your skin disease of head is examined and treated.
It will lead to decrease in the size of lymph nodes.
The lymph nodes get enlarged because of the infected drainage from surrounding tissue so the infection focus in your case could be head, so first treat it. if the swellings does not settle after that then you may require a ENT consultation or Fine needle aspiration cytology from the swelling to know the tissue diagnosis, it is important as what i can get you have posterior triangle nodes enlarged.
Get well soon.
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Lumps Behind Ears, Larger And Sorer, Itchy Head. Why Would That Happen?

Hello, You have a itchy head , so that can be the source of infection because of which you are developing lymph nodes on both sides of neck. You must see a dermatologist so that your skin disease of head is examined and treated. It will lead to decrease in the size of lymph nodes. The lymph nodes get enlarged because of the infected drainage from surrounding tissue so the infection focus in your case could be head, so first treat it. if the swellings does not settle after that then you may require a ENT consultation or Fine needle aspiration cytology from the swelling to know the tissue diagnosis, it is important as what i can get you have posterior triangle nodes enlarged. Get well soon.