swollen side jaw?
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Anonymous
| DD woke up this morning with the area below her ear in her side jaw/neck area that was slightly swollen. I am freaking out, has this happened to anyone? I will of course do my research and make a doctor's appt. if it gets worse. Anyone know what this could be? Is it just a swollen gland? |
Anonymous
| Is it right below the ear, kind of the spot that you move when you are trying to pop your ears? You have nodes there that can get swollen. I had a swollen one a few weeks ago. It was really painful. I took Advil and some Allegra and it helped. Went down after 2 days. |
Anonymous
| my daughter had this and I was surprised to find out that it can be a pretty emergent medical situation. I would definitely call your pediatrician. Hers was a blocked salivary gland. He suggested lemon drops or sour candy, warm compresses, rubbing it, and we ended up having to do a course of antibiotics. Sent us to an ENT who followed her every 6 months for a few years because she had a few more episodes. He gave us a rx for abx to keep at home in case it happened over a weekend. I don't think it is cause for freaking out necessarily but I also wouldn't let it go too long before getting it checked out. in the mean time sour patch kids for breakfast! |
Anonymous
| When this happened to my kid he had strep throat. |
Anonymous
| When this happened to my kid he had strep throat. |
Anonymous
| Look up pictures of parotitis. Does it look like that? Could also be a lymph node. |