Any advice greatly appreciated, Dr Google is a bit of a scaremonger!
2yr DD has had a few ear infections in her life, last week her temperature shot up to 39.5 in one ear and 38 in the other, so we guessed another viral ear infection and dosed her with calpol for a couple of days until the fever went. She went off her food a bit but otherwise was fairly lively for the duration (approx 3 days, finishing on Friday just gone).
Today I noticed she was scratching the side of her head under her hair a fair bit after she awoke from her nap, so I took a look and noticed a pea-sized lump behind her ‘bad’ ear, and then another smaller, flatter lump behind her other ear. Dr Google tells me it’s likely to be enlarged lymph nodes from fighting infection, but I noticed it was red where she had been scratching (whether because of scratching or not I don’t know), and she’s also been scratching her head a lot today, which I’ve now read can be a sign of cancer 😞 obviously my anxious mum brain has latched straight on to that idea! The larger lump feels quite hard when she lets me touch it, I asked if it hurt when I gently pressed it and she said ‘yes’, but let’s be honest, she’s just turned 2 so 🤷♀️
Can anyone give me some words of advice? Planning to book a Dr app in the morning, but am alone tonight and worrying a fair bit.
Many thanks for any words of wisdom!