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What Causes Hard Lump Behind Earlobe?
Please help me. i have got sereve sunburn, had it since sunday after going to a concert on the beech. it is painfull alll the time and is starting to blister on my face. iv tryed cold showers, sleeping with cool flannels over it, ibuprofen and im continusly puttin on aftersun but its irritationg my skin in the worse areas and makinng me come up in rashes and its really ichy. the sunbrn covers my whole face half my back, my arms, and the top half of my chest. and also as i was putting after sun on today i found a big hard lump behind my ear just behind my ear lobe, it is really painfull to touch and it hurts when i move my neck. i have only noticed this today. could they bge linked, and could the lump be serious? please help im really worried!
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
Your lump behind ear has no relation with sunburn. Your lump may be sebaceous cyst or dermoid cyst. Or it can be some enlarged lymphnode due to reactive hyperplasia or soft tissue tumor like lipoma. You should go for fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy of that lump.
It will give you exact diagnosis.
Then you should take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
Your lump behind ear has no relation with sunburn. Your lump may be sebaceous cyst or dermoid cyst. Or it can be some enlarged lymphnode due to reactive hyperplasia or soft tissue tumor like lipoma. You should go for fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy of that lump.
It will give you exact diagnosis.
Then you should take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.
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