Lymphnodes under jaw

[Vandelsrock21]

I know i jump from one thing to another but a couple years ago i found i lymphnode under my jaw. I went to the ent she said it was fine but i. Couldn't stop feeling them. I was able to find 2 on one side more on the other. I forgot about them until this week. When working on a stove if felt like something was pinching in my neck or chin. I prodded around and felt them again. Seem to be easier to find and maybe one more. So of course i am thinking i am dieing once more from oral cancer again. This is so not far.

 

[bin_tenn]

"I prodded around" - there's the problem. The solution is to stop poking and prodding, simple as that. Not only can doing that create shoddy nodes (permanently enlarged), but you're also bound to find things and create anxiety because you may not know enough about what's normal and what isn't. I've been there, and it's no fun, but I also know it's a habit worth breaking.

 

[Vandelsrock21]

"I prodded around" - there's the problem. The solution is to stop poking and prodding, simple as that. Not only can doing that create shoddy nodes (permanently enlarged), but you're also bound to find things and create anxiety because you may not know enough about what's normal and what isn't. I've been there, and it's no fun, but I also know it's a habit worth breaking.

Thanks bin your right.

 

[Roxy2012]

Lymph nodes are my biggest issues right now. I’m only 4ish months into this worry. I started with 2 now another popped up! It’s exhausting. 2 of my are under the chin and one under the jaw area. I don’t have much advice but just know you’re not alone in this!

 

[Vandelsrock21]

Lymph nodes are my biggest issues right now. I’m only 4ish months into this worry. I started with 2 now another popped up! It’s exhausting. 2 of my are under the chin and one under the jaw area. I don’t have much advice but just know you’re not alone in this!

I wish i could say glade i am not alone but i wish i was. Do you feel yours alot? I think that might have been my issue. And they are permanently large. It is nerve racking.

 

[Roxy2012]

I wish i could say glade i am not alone but i wish i was. Do you feel yours alot? I think that might have been my issue. And they are permanently large. It is nerve racking.

Yes, I can’t leave them alone! I have a follow up appt with my ent next Monday. he isn’t concerned with them at all. I think the follow up is more for my reassurance. I was feeling “ok” until another decided to come out and say hello! However the new one is sooooo tiny like the size a BB.

How many total can you feel? Where are they located?

 

[Vandelsrock21]

I can feel them all but really need to try. If i look straight foward. I can feel one. But put my chin down and i can feel the rest. One by the end of my jaw one in the middle and one under the chin. One by the end of jaw seems to be the biggest. But they really arnt that big when you factor in its its mostly skin i feel. They move around arnt fixed. My ent wasn't worried but like you i can feel more.

Yes, I can’t leave them alone! I have a follow up appt with my ent next Monday. he isn’t concerned with them at all. I think the follow up is more for my reassurance. I was feeling “ok” until another decided to come out and say hello! However the new one is sooooo tiny like the size a BB.

How many total can you feel? Where are they located?

 

[bin_tenn]

I can feel lymph nodes all over the place, including in my neck, jaw, collarbone area and groin. Being able to feel them when you go digging isn't abnormal. But the compulsive self checking is. I've been there, I used to feel for mine constantly.

 

[Vandelsrock21]

I can feel lymph nodes all over the place, including in my neck, jaw, collarbone area and groin. Being able to feel them when you go digging isn't abnormal. But the compulsive self checking is. I've been there, I used to feel for mine constantly.

I agree with you on that. If i didn't start feeling around i would never know the difference.

 

[Roxy2012]

I can feel them all but really need to try. If i look straight foward. I can feel one. But put my chin down and i can feel the rest. One by the end of my jaw one in the middle and one under the chin. One by the end of jaw seems to be the biggest. But they really arnt that big when you factor in its its mostly skin i feel. They move around arnt fixed. My ent wasn't worried but like you i can feel more.

mine are moveable too, which ive heard is good.

I can feel lymph nodes all over the place, including in my neck, jaw, collarbone area and groin. Being able to feel them when you go digging isn't abnormal. But the compulsive self checking is. I've been there, I used to feel for mine constantly.

what do you mean by “digging”? like I have one I can feel pretty easily when it is a tad more swollen like just by feeling the skin over it lightly but otherwise when it’s less swollen if I run my finger over my skin it’s not noticeable.

 

[Vandelsrock21]

mine are moveable too, which ive heard is good.

Maybe being able to feel them is are normal? Like ben tin says he can feel his. We could have gotten good at finding them. Or by touching them so much they got tired of it and got bigger

 

[Tryingtoheal]

Haha. I was worried sick of finding one on the back of my neck.

 

[bin_tenn]

mine are moveable too, which ive heard is good.


what do you mean by “digging”? like I have one I can feel pretty easily when it is a tad more swollen like just by feeling the skin over it lightly but otherwise when it’s less swollen if I run my finger over my skin it’s not noticeable.

Poking and prodding. Actively looking for them. If you've never noticed, when a doctor is feeling around during, say, a physical examination they very gently place the surface of their fingers against the skin. They're not pressing looking for a lymph node. If they can't feel it by surface contact, it's generally normal.

When I was still feeling for mine regularly, I had a bad cold and a lymph node in my neck swelled up, visibly. While it was no longer visible once the cold went away, it was still very easily felt by gently touching the skin above it. Why? Because I was poking it constantly to see if it was going down. Took several months or a year before I could no longer feel it.

Maybe being able to feel them is are normal? Like ben tin says he can feel his. We could have gotten good at finding them. Or by touching them so much they got tired of it and got bigger

It's not inherently bad to be able to feel them. Many people can, even without poking and prodding and digging. Everyone is different, there is no golden rule - as with anything in medicine. There is only an "average" or a "benchmark" AKA more than 50% (even as few as 51%) of people in a group exhibit this or that sign/symptom as "normal".

 

[Blaise]

Are they sore or tender?

 

[Vandelsrock21]

Are they sore or tender?

Sometimes but mostly no

 

[Loki83]

Fifteen years ago when I was in high school I felt these hard lymph nodes under my jaw. I felt them after getting elbowed playing Bball, who knows if they were always like that. I panicked of course and prodded and found more that I though were huge in my neck, mouth, groin. I read that hard and painless meant bad, so I panicked more and went to the ENT. He had me cat scanned and everything was normal. Fifteen years later and I still have those hard painless ones under my chin and large ones in my neck that swell at the smallest things like a mouth ulcer or cold. The point being I had “bad feeling lymph nodes” according to everything I’ve read and was fine and still here. Everyone’s different and unless you’re having a bunch of other non anxiety symptoms or your doctor is concerned it’s all fine.

 

[Vandelsrock21]

Fifteen years ago when I was in high school I felt these hard lymph nodes under my jaw. I felt them after getting elbowed playing Bball, who knows if they were always like that. I panicked of course and prodded and found more that I though were huge in my neck, mouth, groin. I read that hard and painless meant bad, so I panicked more and went to the ENT. He had me cat scanned and everything was normal. Fifteen years later and I still have those hard painless ones under my chin and large ones in my neck that swell at the smallest things like a mouth ulcer or cold. The point being I had “bad feeling lymph nodes” according to everything I’ve read and was fine and still here. Everyone’s different and unless you’re having a bunch of other non anxiety symptoms or your doctor is concerned it’s all fine.

Thats a great post to the question at hand. I think every symptom i have is not related to anxiety so idk lol. But if i thought it was all anxiety related i would have a better handle on the situation. I had a mri done like two years ago. Nothing was found. I am wondering if its just a common place to find them.

 

[Loki83]

Right right lol. I’m just saying lymph nodes are always there and present and can feel all kind of ways. Those ones under my chin fifteen years ago had me convinced they were sinister since they were harder and painless but alas 15 years and they are still there and totally fine. Especially after a doctor says ok, you’re ok . My ent knew I was a hypochondriac and looked me in the eye and said you’re fine you’re gonna be fine in the future no matter how you think these nodes feel. They’ll be there like they are when you’re 65.

 

[Vandelsrock21]

Had to go back and read these again

 

[Batman80]

Been to three doctors bout my lymph nodes in my neck even had an ultrasound done. Everyone said I was ok. Prescribed anxiety meds. Been working out and I strain my neck which causes it to be sore and then I dig for those little buggers I have one main one I can feel, but then I dig and my double chin and find them all. Which just aggravates them more. Glad I found this page and I’m not alone.