Neck lumps: are they normal?

Lumps in the neck can occur for a number of different reasons, and they are always important to get checked by a doctor.

Leading consultant ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) surgeon, Professor Stuart Winter explains the causes of neck lumps and what your doctor will do to treat them.

[grcghghcgbrhhfi]

Reading these comments relaxes because i know im not alone with this situation but im still scared

[Whxn_ixp]

Hi, I'm here to clear some doubts if ur suffering with that small bump back of your neck almost at the hairline, I was having a very bad headache a month ago and I was rubbing my neck normally and noticed that there was a small pea size bump under the skin, I googled my bump and it came up with various serious problems, I know you guys are also curious about ur lump which is at ur neck but don't worry about it, mine bump is completely disappeared now and it took almost 1 or more than that but it's finally gone now and I'm doing completely fine, after googling this things I was very worried about it and used to stay in my room half of the day and keep googling and finding out varities of symptoms, at some point I stopped giving fuck about it and it's pretty much gone now, so if you are worried about small bump which is not giving u any trouble just lying under the skin and not growing in size or not even causing pain then u should relax it's not anything serious, I'm writing this paragraph to give relief to the person who is behind the screen and worried about his or her health and finding varities of videos about bumps. If you reading this one just calm the fuck down and go touch some grasses you will get through it just like me ...

[zulakmal]

I had about an inch+ of lump on my neck, without any pain. It persisted for almost a year. Until I met an ENT doctor at a public hospital and after a few appointments the biopsy result shows that I had lympho malignancy, fortunately its not advance level of cancer yet

[thatgirl]

Had an ultra sound followed by an MRI with contrast. Awaiting results and very worried. Left side neck lump for over 3 years. GP gaslighted me into thinking it was nothing and I was over reacting but since then have been placed under a head and neck consultant. Fingers crossed it’s nothing.

[ryansalazar]

this is so interesting because I have my pops who had his thyroid cancer caught in time and I found a bump on my neck when I was 14 is and I'm 31 now...told my mom she said its nothing..but I and lymph node that turned to cancer..so be safe put there people help people help themselves cause even the most stubborn people can't use your help in anyway...stay safe be healthy live a good life worth living..on that note PEACE ✌

[patriciawilliams]

I have a lump in my neck and I started massaging it thinking I could massage it out but it's causing my right eye to hurt and giving me a bad migraine. I'm going to set up an appointment with my doctor at the VA clinic to see what's going on. I'm 65 years old I do have collapsed discs in my neck.

[TheGd]

I feel u get lump coz of incorrect sleeping position. Try to keep jaw atleast straight n not looking down while sleeping...

[broidevenc]

I'm releived it's "very rarely due to cancer"

[realessayog]

Let me tell you... lymph nodes are the first to tell you something is wrong. I love my lymph nodes. I currently have one that's the size of a marble on my neck, left side, very visible. My uncle died due to lymphoma and it may be a sign to finally go get checked. Everyone stay on your pivots... lymph nodes are no joke.

[jbl]

Idk if this counts, but everytime I rest my head on my pillow I can feel it and it just annoys me but no pain.

[dengizadeng]

I have a big and multiple small lumps on the right back side of my neck because i have acnes on my head, when my head have no acnes and no wounds there is no lump

[ilaanabilah]

I have mine since a month ago, at first I thought it will go away but as day goes by it still there so decided to go for a check and the doctor did a blood test and gave me antibiotics for me to consume a week and after a week comeback to the clinic to see if there's any changes if still there's is no changes they will refer me for a scan and from there will see what's the next step for me 😔

[SKY-icnx]

I’ve had a hard lump on the back of my head for about 1, 2 years now and it keeps on changing its size. I’ve also experienced dizziness, nausea and more when doing tests in school and feel like the lump may be affecting me

[malkyhendry]

I have a lump under the back of my skull an osteopath discovered 10 years ago. He said I should ask my gp to check it out but I never did as it didn't bother me. I'm 42 and have noticed when I exercise it feels like it's blocking the flow of blood into my head. I'm getting a bit worried as it seems to be swelling up

[Matetwa]

I had the worse headache ever about 7-8 months ago, I was rubbing my head and neck to relieve the pain and felt this huge lump on my neck that wasn't there before it just popped up. It's 4cm big! I had 2 scans and they won't give me a biopsy. They just said it appears like a fatty tissue. It grows in size sometimes and goes back down, it's painless and you can see it sticking out when I turn my head to the side.

[SuperRenx]

My 10 year old daughter had a lump on her midline neck. It was about a size of a marble (more or less 1/2 inch), a bit painful but does not affect her swallowing and breathing, and is visible on the side and when she looks up. I had her checked 2 days after she told me about it. The doctor prescribed her antibiotics and she had it for a week. The lump now decreased its size not larger than a pea, no longer painful, no longer swollen, no longer visible on the side view but is a bit visible when she looks up. It's more than a week since she had her last dose of antibiotic but I'm still worried that it hasn't gone totally yet. Some said that it will take 4-6 weeks for it to totally subside but again, I'm still worried.

[shakeiyatucker]

I'm 10 and I have a lump on my neck. I suspect it is a cyst. Should I be concerned? My dad isn't. Dad wants me to POP it.

[JoebsonOSRS]

Getting mine checked out tomorrow. I noticed it 2.months ago and just yesterday it started to irritate me

[erikastrahle]

I have a lump too on the side of my neck below my ear. I have to turn my neck to show the doctor where it's at. I went in to check it out in 2020 and they couldn't find nothing. Went in last year and they did a blood test and so far my cells are good no cancer sign but it's still there. It's been driving me crazy so I made an appointment for next Tuesday and gonna have someone go with me and just get to the bottom of it.

[zrewevv]

I have a small lump on my left side of neck (I'm 17) it's been there from past few months and is actually painless, squishy, and haven't grown since then, when I first noticed it on my neck, I had fever for few days and I went to see a doctor and he said to have a scrub typhus test, it was negative and doctor said that the lump would go away in few weeks, but it's been almost 4½ months and hasn't gone away