Is a tumor on your neck bad

Is a tumor on your neck bad

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A tumor on the neck can be bad, as they could be painful or cancerous. Thanks for using ChaCha!

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Would you get a lipoma (fatty tumor) removed from your Spinal Cord?

Q: Even if there were risk? 8 hour surgery.And if it was causing horrible headaches, pain in shoulders, neck and back(all on right side)? Also if there was no promise it would be completely removed and that it would help your symtoms at all? Possibly making them worse?Please answer why–Thanks!10 points to best answer!However if leaving it there could cause more neurological problems later in life–like loss of feelings–which some has occured buth doesn’t last.

A: Not with those odds. Just the part about ‘possibly making them worse’ would be enough to deter me from having the surgery.

I have swollen lymph nodes in my neck right below my chin, can you tell me what it is?

Q: It’s now been happening for a few months on and off. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m starting to really worry about it. They are tender half of the time and usually stick around for a week or two at a time. After they disappear I see signs of them swelling again after only a week or so of being gone. Recently my voice has been slowly getting horse. But it too is getting worse. Should I be worried? Could it be a tumor or cancer? If so what are the chances it is? Thanks for your answers.And yes, I do have allergies, and I do have asthma. My voice has been steady but I’m still hoarse. I’ve never been this way. I am stressed, I’m getting married in 9 days!!! I haven’t had anything out of the blue happen to me that is questionable. I haven’t seen a doctor. Right now I’m just really busy and I hope my health won’t get the better of me. In between the kids, my job, and the wedding…I just don’t have time. Hope this helped.

A: Lymph nodes are for infection fighting.When we get an infection in our body the lymph nodes will send out ‘fighters’ tofight the infection but will become swollen and painful in the lymph nodes as they collect the infection.You must have infections going in and out of your body.Maybe your diet is not quite addequate or you are immunosuppressed in some way.Go and see you Doctor to have a check up.

DO I HAVE A BRAIN PROBLEM/BRAIN TUMOR/OR ANOTHER NEUROLOGIC PROBLEM?!?

Q: i have been having headaches, on the left side of my head mainly, like around where your jaw is right above your ear. it feels like a achy throbbing pain. Also my head hurts on top, back, sides, in my neck. Everywhere. Although its not too bad, i worry daily, and i cant get this out of my mind! Its like a slight achy pain, and somtimes is worse then others. I have had some sinus problems, and also some ear infections. However, the first thought was a brain tumor.. and now im worried that thats what it is. I see these people online talking about how they went to the doctor and was diagnosed with depression/andxiety over these symptoms and turned out to be a brain tumor. Which is why i worry so much.I get dizzyy, like lightheaded feeling. I sometimes feel weak (i think a little bit of it is phsyological though..) I sometimes feel weird, like im not myself too.I see floaters a lot in the morning, not so much to where i cant see in my vision feild but enough of them, i see shadows that cross my eyes, like see through black small shadows. I sometimes see like “colored lights”, like how it looks when you stare at a light for too long then look into a darker spot. Sometimes my vision feels shaky, but i have never blacked out, had real bad blurred vision, no doubled vision, ect. ect. I googled these, and it said there harmless. i should mention that my right eye had always been worse then my left eyeThere is no history of any cancers/brain tumors in my family, but anxiety does run in my family. The only reason im second guessing the anxiety thing is because i dont have anxiety/panic attacks. Just feel anxiety symptoms. I have been to the doc for a check up, and also because of my symptoms i was experiancing and they said i am healthy, it was 2 diff doctors. MD’s. And both said i am healthy, checked my reflexes, blood work, strength, and gave me a physical, checked my BP, and everything. I feel that i am a hypercondriac, but what if im not and these symptoms are real??? Im just scared im going to wait to long and die. For some reason thats what i always think about, is the worst of sintuations. If i have a head ache its a tumor, if i have a stomach ache, its stomach cancer. I hate feeling this way, ive always been a little bit of a hypercondriac, i guess it was just the way i was raised. But do my symptoms sound like anything i should be running to the ER for? Do they sound like i should see a neurologist? I havnt yet cause my mother doesnt think i need too, and she says i am a hypercondriac. She wont take me to the doc again, cause they keep telling me im healthy, and have nothing to worry about.

A: If you go to an ER with these symptoms, they will tell you that you are experiencing migraines, give you a pain killer shot and send you home. Unfortunately, ER’s are generally understaffed and overcrowded, so they go by the “treat ’em and street ’em” method. If you have a really good ER nearby, they may run a CT scan to make sure there are no tumors or masses before sending you home, but most will give you a shot, send you home and tell you to follow up with your primary care physician if symptoms don’t improve within a few days.If you start to have serious neurological symptoms (blacking out, blindness, numbness or paralysis on one or both sides, etc.), then yes, see a doc ASAP at the ER. If you don’t get worse but also don’t get better, you can see your regular doc and tell her/him your concerns and see if they want to recommend you to a good neurologist.