A lump behind the ear can have many possible causes. The most common include swollen lymph nodes caused by an uncomplicated infection. These lumps are typically harmless and relatively easy to treat.

When most people think of allergies, they picture sneezing, watery eyes, and runny noses—but there’s another symptom that often goes unrecognized: swollen lymph nodes. These small, bean-shaped ...

Allergy symptoms may include a runny nose, congestion, coughing, wheezing, itching, and sometimes, swollen lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are small, bean-shaped organs that help remove harmful ...

It was a routine prison screening conducted by the Kerala AIDS Control Society that tested one of the newly arrested drug users positive for HIV in December. A detailed screening of the person ...

In most cases, however, swollen lymph nodes are a sign that the body’s immune system is working well. People who have HIV who take immune system-suppressing drugs, or whose doctors have told ...

Lymph nodes are part of the body’s immune system. A swollen lymph node in the armpit may be a sign of a bacterial or viral infection, an injury, or a serious health condition, such as cancer.

Painless lumps on the left or right side of the neck are common in head and neck lymphoma. Cancer-related swollen lymph nodes tend to be hard, large, and immovable. Treatment for swollen lymph nodes ...

The surgery is performed if tests show that the cancer has spread from the breast tissue to the lymph nodes and is often followed by radiation treatment. After the treatment, around 20-40 percent ...

The lymph node is a highly structured organ that mediates the body’s adaptive immune response to antigens and other foreign particles. Central to its function is the distinct spatial assortment of ...

Background: The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PanNENs) based on the number of positive lymph nodes (PLNs) is the most widely accepted nodal ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. Although swollen lymph nodes can be a sign of cancer, doctors are cautioning people who have recently received the COVID-19 vaccine not to jump to any ...