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so,
i have a question, obviously. Today I woke up with 2 bumps near my ear. (not my face, but the skull and hair part) one is 1/4 of an inch long and etends outward a little less than that. 1/8 of an inch and the other is about half of that, it is located about 1 inch below the bigger one. I don't have any headaches, or anything unusual with my body. It only hurts when I touch it, also. I'd like to know if there could be anything wrong with just the bump? it doesn't seem like there is, but then again.. you never know. I know people could tell me to see a doctor, but if anyone's ever heard of anything like it or know anything about that, please tell me! thanks.
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These sound like swollen lymph nodes. You should simply keep tabs on them and see your doctor if they haven't gone away in 2 weeks.
Lymph nodes trap bacteria and viruses and encapsulate them. They get swollen sometimes with lymph fluid and with foreign material and sometimes it takes a while to clear the stuff out. Some people think you should massage swollen lymph nodes (lymphatic drainage massage) and apply hot packs. I don't think that's always a good idea. Your body has isolated something there for a reason and if you let it free before the white cells have had a chance to neutralize the threat, you may set the bad thing lose on your body.
So I'd just watch them for a couple of weeks and don't do anything unless they turn painful.
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