DD (4) has had a lump – docs say ‘persistent gland’ – in her neck for 6mths. Size of a pea, apparently the edges are ‘neat’ and not ‘raggedy’. It hasn’t grown.
She’s under paed care for another condition, which is under control. Doc didn’t seem worried about the lump when he last saw her 12wks ago and said ‘if it’s anything sinister she’d be very ill by now’. He did take blood which came back fine.
Lump sort of ‘hides’ for a bit then becomes more prominent. But it’s never disappeared. It isn’t sore but she can feel it in her neck (at first she fiddled with it a fair bit because it felt unusual I think).
She’s got a cough now that she’s had for 4/5 weeks, and has a permanently swollen belly, which I think is gas (she’s very windy!). She has many bruises which I put down to her being clumsy/a normal active 4yr old.
Generally we’re laid back but truth be told I feel uncomfortable about this lump; it doesn’t seem normal to me that it’s there and hanging around so long. The other factors may not be related but I don’t know, I’m not medically trained.
Help! Should I ask for her to be seen again, or am I overreacting and should leave it be? I’m not sure how long is too long to leave it and worry that I'm wasting GP's valuable time.
Thoughts appreciated, thanks.