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CrazyLea
25-11-2007, 01:07
Hi.

I often feel my ears ( nervous habit ), but today when I did it I discovered a lump at the back. It's above the lobe, but just about. I was just wandering if anyone else ever had this? I often get one on my lobe by my piercing when I wear earings (think I'm allergic), but never got one where I have it.

Bit worried lol, but I googled it, and it made me think it may be the lymph node, as I have a cold/had, and I read that it usually swells on the ear when you have a cold.

Any help would be helpful. Not just comments telling me to see a doc, I'll see one if it's still ther in about a week lol.

Abbie
25-11-2007, 14:47
Oh my god this is so werid I have one too, its kinda like a huge spot but more like a lump, I have another one on my other ear, Im going to the doctors on thursday about it

Abi
25-11-2007, 14:56
Hi.

I often feel my ears ( nervous habit ), but today when I did it I discovered a lump at the back. It's above the lobe, but just about. I was just wandering if anyone else ever had this? I often get one on my lobe by my piercing when I wear earings (think I'm allergic), but never got one where I have it.

Bit worried lol, but I googled it, and it made me think it may be the lymph node, as I have a cold/had, and I read that it usually swells on the ear when you have a cold.

Any help would be helpful. Not just comments telling me to see a doc, I'll see one if it's still ther in about a week lol.

Are you sure its not just a bite? Try looking in a mirror (You might need to reflect a hand mirror in another mirror), and see if its red and... well... looks like a bite :p

CrazyLea
25-11-2007, 15:03
Well tell us what they say hey Abbie :).

A bite haha? From what though? I tried looking in the mirror I just can't bend that way :lol:.

Abbie
25-11-2007, 15:05
Yeah I'll tell you what they say, And I know mines not a bote cos of the spots/lumps Ive had for months

Abi
25-11-2007, 15:06
If you face a mirror (Lets call it mirror A), and hold a hand mirror behind your ear (Mirror B), then when you look in mirror A at Mirror B, then you should see the reflection of the back of your ear, and you can get a proper look at it. Like how you would check the back of your hair :p

I dunno, an insect or something?

Abbie
25-11-2007, 15:10
If you face a mirror (Lets call it mirror A), and hold a hand mirror behind your ear (Mirror B), then when you look in mirror A at Mirror B, then you should see the reflection of the back of your ear, and you can get a proper look at it. Like how you would check the back of your hair :p


hehe I tired that, it was very hrad and didnt work my lump/spot is quite a way in, its hard to describe where it is on the back of my ear

CrazyLea
25-11-2007, 15:21
LMao okay good idea :p I'll try that.. what's a bite look like though :s I've only ever been bitten by a dog :lol:.

Abi
25-11-2007, 15:23
Kind of small, slightly red top, and itchy

Abigail
25-11-2007, 19:48
Is it painful to the touch? Does it feel hot and look red (ask someone else to look if you can't see) It could be a boil or an abcess. I ge loads of abcesses in my ears.

It might just be a lymph node like you say.

How big is it?

Abbie
03-12-2007, 18:45
Well after the doctor last week, she just said it could just be like a normal spot, even though it feels lumpy to me, Im guessing its just cos of where it is. She gave me a prescription gel to use on my spots and said if the ones on my ears get worse use it on them