Suggest Treatment For Severe Swelling In The Neck

Posted on Tue, 14 Feb 2017

Question: My boyfriend has swelling on both sides of neck that is growing. One side is worse than other . He also said he has a knot on his jaw that he says is getting bigger. Has lost a lot of weight. Could it be something other than cancer ? I and am trying to convince him to go to dr. however he is convinced cancerous so I am trying to provide other alternatives that could be causing this.

Answered by Dr. Deepak Sundriyal (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Likelihood of cancer is high

Detailed Answer:
Hello dear.

I have gone through the details. So as per your details, the likelihood of cancer is high, but it needs to be proved by a biopsy and MRI. Uncommonly it may turn out to be else like parasitic infection or tuberculosis.

Even if it is cancer, there may be possiblility of cure. So go ahead with evaluation.

Thanks and regards

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