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Can Heavy Lifting And Stress Cause Lump Formation In Neck?

I am 34 and five ft and about 110 lbs. After working a 11 hour shift at the restaurant and getting yelled at by my boss for a half hour I noticed a bump on the left side of my neck possibly the levarta scalpulae when I got home. I went outside at work to get some air in the evening and felt my neck and thought it was a mosquito bite. I had a lot of tension in my left shoulder that night that felt like it was pincing. So it feels like a knot the size of my fingertip that is slightly visible if I turn my neck a certain way in the vanity mirror. I have worked about 60 to 80 hours this week lifting heavy cases of alcohol and a powerwasher. Can it be the stress of physical labor or can a tumor show up in one evening?
Tue, 31 Mar 2020
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Hi,

Noted your history.
Surely yes.
The lifting of heavy weight can cause formation of hematoma or cause rupture of muscles or simply can cause edema.
Hence the cause can be found out on clinical examination by a Doctor.
Till then you can take proper anti-inflammatory medicines as per the suitability.
The tumor is of long duration and can be painless or due to lymph node enlargement.
IF there is no relief then go for proper clinical examination and Ultrasonography of the neck to ascertain the cause so that further investigations as needed can be done and treated as per the cause.
Give rest to the part.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT and General Surgeon
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Can Heavy Lifting And Stress Cause Lump Formation In Neck?

Hi, Noted your history. Surely yes. The lifting of heavy weight can cause formation of hematoma or cause rupture of muscles or simply can cause edema. Hence the cause can be found out on clinical examination by a Doctor. Till then you can take proper anti-inflammatory medicines as per the suitability. The tumor is of long duration and can be painless or due to lymph node enlargement. IF there is no relief then go for proper clinical examination and Ultrasonography of the neck to ascertain the cause so that further investigations as needed can be done and treated as per the cause. Give rest to the part. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT and General Surgeon