सिर और गर्दन का कैंसर उन कुछ कैंसरों में से है जिसके प्रारंभिक चेतावनी संकेत अक्सर दिखाई देते हैं। सर्जिकल ऑन्कोलॉजिस्ट डॉ. मंदीप सिंह मल्होत्रा ​​के अनुसार, जब प्रारंभिक चरण में पता चल जाता है, तो ये कैंसर अत्यधिक उपचार योग्य होते हैं। सिर और गर्दन के कैंसर के शुरुआती लक्षण अक्सर सूक्ष्म होते हैं। (पेक्सेल) यह भी पढ़ें | रजोनिवृत्ति के बारे में उलझन में? फिजिशियन डॉ. कुणाल सूद ऐसे 5 लक्षण बता…

So I had a small, marble-sized lump in my neck in April 2011. Since my mom is a nurse, I asked for her opinion. She said to keep an eye on it because it was probably just a swollen lymph node; most swollen nodes only last 10-14 days, and mine was gone 9 days after I noticed it, so I didn’t think much else of it.

About three months ago, I noticed that I had another lump in the same spot on my neck. I forgot about it for a while because it was never painful or anything. I checked that side of my neck about two weeks ago and found it again, and it is STILL swollen, and I can’t really tell if it’s bigger than its initial size. I’m getting kind of worried though; I know some people who have lived with swollen nodes for 30 years, but I also know that it could be an early symptom of lymphoma, thyroid cancer, etc. There was a kid in my math class last semester who had cancer in his neck that started off as a lump.

I’m hoping to tell my mom about it tomorrow (if I remember) so I can try to make a doctor appointment this week to get it checked out, but I have no idea who to even go to. I can’t go to my pediatrician because I’m 19, but I haven’t had a physical for two years so I don’t actually have a general physician right now. Do I try to find a new (possibly temporary) general physician? Do I go straight to an ENT doc for this lump?