Swollen lymph node

Ive had lump on my neck roughly under the middle of my ear for about 4 months now. Is hard and painless and I feel like its gotten bigger. Ive been to the doctor and had a blood test, and i have an ultrasound in a week. The blood test came out normal. Is this positive news or does that mean its not swollen due to infection and could be something else? 

  • Hi and thanks for the post

    Swollen nodes are very common and can come up due to a past or present inflammation /infection or sometimes for no known reason. You also may be a bit run down. None of these things will always come up on a blood test - it just shows your organs and bone marrow are working normally. The ultrasound will give some more information about the node so you can only wait until then. Best to just wait and see and not second guess as no one will be able to say before then.

    Hope all goes well

    All the best

    Wanda