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What Does A Painful Knot In Armpit Indicate?

I am having pain in my armpit, there is a knot on the inside of my left armpit. Well a swollen area, that seems to be round. On the same arm is a knot located on the right side of my left arms bicep, near my elbow. I don t really feel pain in the knot by my elbow unless I touch it, Its also round but smaller and I can move it. But the one in my armpit is bigger and getting to be painful, this happened about two-three days ago. Would you have any idea what it might be and/or what I should do? I hate searching things on the internet, cause you get everything from it could be caused by deodorant to cancer,torn muscle,etc,etc. Please get back to me soon and thank you.
Thu, 26 Feb 2015
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Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement 's  Response
Hello,
Thanks for using healthcare magic. These knots are lymphnodes and these nodes are helpful in draining infected fluid of body. They get enlarged and painful some time.I would suggest you to show it to doctor and he might advised you to take a needle test.
If needle test is showing infection or any bacteria than treatment can be done accordingly.You will need to take antibiotics.
I hope this answer will be useful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
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What Does A Painful Knot In Armpit Indicate?

Hello, Thanks for using healthcare magic. These knots are lymphnodes and these nodes are helpful in draining infected fluid of body. They get enlarged and painful some time.I would suggest you to show it to doctor and he might advised you to take a needle test. If needle test is showing infection or any bacteria than treatment can be done accordingly.You will need to take antibiotics. I hope this answer will be useful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions. thanks