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Question: I have a hard knot/lump on the lower back of my head kind of right below my hair line. Its been there for about 8 months. It hurts when i touch it. I never hit my head or anything but i dont know what it could be. Its probably the size of a quarter but when sometimes it gets bigger feeling. You cant really see it from where its at either i can just feel it and when i get other pple to feel it they do but noone still knows what it could be. PLEASE HELP. thanks


Answers: I have a hard knot/lump on the lower back of my head kind of right below my hair line. Its been there for about 8 months. It hurts when i touch it. I never hit my head or anything but i dont know what it could be. Its probably the size of a quarter but when sometimes it gets bigger feeling. You cant really see it from where its at either i can just feel it and when i get other pple to feel it they do but noone still knows what it could be. PLEASE HELP. thanks

If it gets bigger at times it sounds like a cyst. Cysts can grow and recede because they're fluid filled. The best thing you can do is visit the doctor and see if he can drain it and that will hopefully take care of it. If it comes back then surgical removal may be required. It's best to keep an eye on this, cysts aren't themselves dangerous but depending upon their location they can compress internal organs/muscles.

probably just an absess. go and get your gp to check just to be sure. may also be an ingrown hair

Go see a doctor. I wouldn't ask random people on here medical questions, you will get tons of wrong answers.

If it hurts when you touch it, then you need to get you MD to check it. It could be nothing, but better to be safe than sorry.

I can't be sure but I feel almost certain that it is a lymph node. These are clusters of tissue that work to fight off infection. (This is what the doctor looks for in your neck if you have a sore throat or cold). If the node is slightly swollen (and can be tender) it means that it is doing it's job. Our bodies fight off infection all the time and we never know it.... If the tenderness and swelling continues much longer, I would get it checked out, especially if you are running a low grade fever or feel run down.

** We have lymph nodes all over our bodies...check out lymphnodes.com for more info
Good Luck!!

I have a small cyst like thing on the back of my neck. Every once in a while, it will actually pop out a little bit of zit stuff....gross, but thats what it does. My doc said it was nothing to worry about unless it just bothered me. Then they could lance it. Mine doesn't hurt unless I start bothering it, and squeezing at it. Hope that helps.

I really tihk that if this lump is painful and it's been 8 months you probaly should see a Doctor.It most likely is not really dangerous but could be anything all the way from an abcess to a fatty tumor[ usually harmless too}but seeing that it is hurting more inclined to think it may be more along the abcess line.See your Doctor.





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