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What Causes Swelling And Pain On The Neck Of A Child?

My 11 year old daughter in good health has had cough, sneezing ran a 3-5 day fever last week. She complained of neck pain at times. A few minutes ago she said her neck was bothering her and we noticed fairly large swelling on the right side of her neck. Im so scared I wonder if we should go to the ER. The ped won t be in tomorrow because it s Saturday. She s laying with heating pad on her neck right now. I m scared it could be something serious.
Mon, 4 Jan 2016
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from the history which you have provided ,it looks like she has had some infection in the oral cavity or throat(since she's had cough & fever) any infection in this area can cause a lymph node enlargement and this could be the swelling which you have mentioned. in this case she would require antibiotics aftr proper examination. it is nothing to worry about and u can safely start her on tab augmentin 375mg twice a day ,tab paracetamol 250 mg twice a day and of course get her evaluated once u get an appointment with the paed
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What Causes Swelling And Pain On The Neck Of A Child?

thank you for your question on hcm from the history which you have provided ,it looks like she has had some infection in the oral cavity or throat(since she s had cough & fever) any infection in this area can cause a lymph node enlargement and this could be the swelling which you have mentioned. in this case she would require antibiotics aftr proper examination. it is nothing to worry about and u can safely start her on tab augmentin 375mg twice a day ,tab paracetamol 250 mg twice a day and of course get her evaluated once u get an appointment with the paed