Swollen lymph nodes in front of ear

Introduction Lymph nodes in different parts have different "alarm signals", which have different meanings. Swelling is the most common abnormality in lymph nodes. Most of the lymph nodes in the ear are found in the eyelids, tendons, glands, buccal, ear, and ankles. Lymph nodes are important immune organs in the human body. Normal people have about 500-600 lymph nodes, which can be divided into superficial lymph nodes and deep lymph nodes according to their location. The lymph nodes examined in clinical practice are mainly deep lymph nodes of superficial lymph nodes, and there is much no performance in the early stage of swelling.

Cause

There are inflammations in the eyelids, sputum, glands, cheeks, ears, and ankles. Anterior lymphadenopathy is usually an inflammatory reaction, which may be inflammation of the head and face, such as otitis media, tonsillitis, etc., of course, may also be caused by systemic diseases. The most important thing now is to determine the cause of repeated fever. Only when the cause is found can the fever be completely reduced, and the lymph nodes can be swollen. The lymph nodes are swollen and belong to the normal reaction of inflammation, but the regression is very slow.

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Touch the area of the lymph nodes such as the eyelids, ankles, glands, cheeks, ears, and ankles with your hands to check for enlarged lymph nodes. The normal lymph nodes are 0.2-0.5 cm in diameter, soft in texture, smooth in surface, and non-adherent to surrounding tissues. If the lymph node is larger than 0.5 cm in diameter, it is a swollen lymph node.

Checking the surface lymph nodes is only a simple method for initial diagnosis of the disease. It is necessary to test for diagnosis.

Differential diagnosis

Lymph node enlargement in the ear is one of the common diseases in children. The causes are mostly Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic streptococcus.

Generally healthy infants can often touch the single, soft or slightly hard, non- tender lymph nodes of the mung bean to the soybean in the superficial view of the neck, submandibular, posterior, anterior, groin, etc. This is a physiological phenomenon.

In addition, lymph nodes in various parts of the body may be caused by lymphatic tuberculosis infection or malignant lymphoma.

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