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Am I Having Cancer?
I am 28 yrs old and have smoked for 12 years. I have recently felt pressure or a tightness on my neck with no pain... Just the tightness. Upon feeling my neck, I found a peanut shaped lump on the front lower left side just underneath my Adam s apple. Again, there is no pain and it is not attached to my skin. it moves up and down with my throat when i swallow as if it is attached to mu throat. i have no allergies and have no fever or cough. Is this cancer?
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Get a thyroid scan done for ruling out throglossal cyst and throid nodule. ( ultrasound scan).
Lymphnodes enlarged in cancer usually do not move with swalloing .
Quit smoking as soon as possible.
Lymphnodes enlarged in cancer usually do not move with swalloing .
Quit smoking as soon as possible.
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