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Can I Take Cortisol Steroid To Deal With Painful Lump Under Chin?
Hello, about 4 years ago a CT revealed that I had a lump under my chin. It did not hurt and I did not even know it was there. I have seen 3 doctors about it and my last DR. put my on antibiotics and gave me a Cortisol Steroid shot. The lump under my chin remained. Now, I have a series of glands swollen along my right jawline, one in above my right clavical, and a couple on my chest right below my neck line. I have had two sets of blood tests done and neither raised any red flags for my DR. This morning I found a lump under my left wrist, one below my elbow and one on the back of my head on the right side just below my hairline. I think all this is weird and I would like to have an x-ray but my Doc doesn t think I need one. All these lumps are painless. What are some of the illnesses I could have that causes all these lymph nodes to swell?
Mon, 30 Nov 2015
Hi,Dear,Welcome with your query to HCM.
Studied your query in full depth of its details.Reviewed it in context of your health concerns.
Based On the facts, You mostly seem to suffer from-
Multiple Lympnodes in upper half of body with chest and neck involved with painless nodes.
Series of glands appeared after steroid shot from your doctor.It seems that inspite of antibiotic cover the lumps have increase all over body -especially upper half.
This indicates- that these nodes could be Due to flare up of the EB virus causing Infectious Mononucleosis.
Other cause could be TB/or it could be NHLymphoma.
FNAC and CT study would fix the diagnosis after histo-path reports.
Assessment by Surgeon and Physician would help to plan further treatment.
But in this scenario-NO STEROIDS-Certainly Never unless diagnosis is confirmed by Histo-path study reports.
Hope that ,This reply would help you to plan further treatment soon with your treating doctors.Best of Luck and early recovery.
Welcome any further query in this regard,which would be replied in next
session.
Good Day!!
Dr.Savaskar M.N.
Senior Surgical Specialist
Studied your query in full depth of its details.Reviewed it in context of your health concerns.
Based On the facts, You mostly seem to suffer from-
Multiple Lympnodes in upper half of body with chest and neck involved with painless nodes.
Series of glands appeared after steroid shot from your doctor.It seems that inspite of antibiotic cover the lumps have increase all over body -especially upper half.
This indicates- that these nodes could be Due to flare up of the EB virus causing Infectious Mononucleosis.
Other cause could be TB/or it could be NHLymphoma.
FNAC and CT study would fix the diagnosis after histo-path reports.
Assessment by Surgeon and Physician would help to plan further treatment.
But in this scenario-NO STEROIDS-Certainly Never unless diagnosis is confirmed by Histo-path study reports.
Hope that ,This reply would help you to plan further treatment soon with your treating doctors.Best of Luck and early recovery.
Welcome any further query in this regard,which would be replied in next
session.
Good Day!!
Dr.Savaskar M.N.
Senior Surgical Specialist
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