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Suggest Cure For Lump Attached To Collarbone

Hi i have found a small pea sized hard lump attached to the top side of my coller bone. Im scared as ive had a persistan cough for 6m - trying steroids to see if its asthma been on them 1.5 weeks feel better but cough not completely gone. had chest xray 2/3 months ago. Get odd pain or two in chest too. Please help
posted on Sat, 31 May 2014
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Hi, this is a lymph node and could be due to some chronic chest/throat infection or even tuberculosis!

get your sputum tested and an FNAC test from the nodule and revert back to us.

wish you early recovery!
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Suggest Cure For Lump Attached To Collarbone

Hi, this is a lymph node and could be due to some chronic chest/throat infection or even tuberculosis! get your sputum tested and an FNAC test from the nodule and revert back to us. wish you early recovery!