LUMP IN BABIES NECK

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Very anxious here :-(

My daughter has a lump in her neck behind her ear that I noticed when she was about 4 weeks old (she’s 7 months now)

Checked twice by the same doctor, who said in her opinion it is a lymph node. It’s growing very rapidly & another has come up next to it… but she says it’s ‘small’. On our last visit she said she would request a referal for an ultrasound but today I received an email to say it has been rejected by the paed team due to the ‘nature of the referal’…

I would assume this is because my daughter is a picture of health, 50% percentile. Happy, smiley, meeting all milestones if not advanced! Crawling & standing by 5 months. Eating well & enjoying solids. She’s had no illnesses, no colds, no temperatures ever.

I guess I’m seeking reassurance that other mums have noticed lumps that are nothing… Should I push harder? Even without other symptoms? I’m ruminating about it 24/7 and was so desperate for the scan & now I feel they are just pretending it doesn’t exist- maybe I should take that as a good thing?! Help mamas!

I have very lumpy children! All around their necks. How big would you estimate it is?

Thank you for replying so much! I guess it maybe feels big because she’s she’s such a dinky dot. Probably just less than 1cm & the second one is little teeny, mms!! It’s flat and hard rather than super round… God I don’t know now am I being insane?! :-(((

My little girl who is 4 now has had pea sized lump behind her ear for a couple of years now, but has never grown.Did get it checked awhile ago but they said no need for any follow up unless it grows.If your daughter's is 'growing rapidly' i think push for more intervention just to be on the safe side x

Thank you! I do honestly feel it has grown a huge amount. Although she is super happy and well in herself! I just don’t get why they’ve rejected the referal but I guess I’ll have to keep pushing!!

Hey, I put a similar post on recently.
my son is 6 months and I’ve noticed 2 symmetrical lumps at the back of his head and now one behind his ear.
they’ve been there for ages.
I’ve seen a GP twice and both didn’t seem concerned.
does the lump move?

Has it got any red dots on it or purplish in colour at all? My dc had a cavernous hemangioma which looked like a bump with a pin prick of red on it. They thought it was an 'avm' so we had lots of scans but it was benign and I am the only person who knows it's there now as you can't see it now they've grown.

oh bless him. I’m not sure really in terms of them moving, she is the wriggliest baby in the world so it’s really hard to tell!!

I did have a little google but no it doesn’t look like that at all. It’s skin coloured. So glad your son is well!

My DS has a similar nodule like lump behind his ear. I first noticed it when he was 9wks and he’s now coming up 9 months. In our case I feel like it fluctuates, sometimes it’s seemed more prominent, other days I’ve struggled to find it. He’s had 2 GPs look at it and both have said it’s a lymph node, I was a bit scared they’d missed something but found a Reddit thread where lots of other mums were stressing about the same thing, which weirdly made me feel better as I figured it was too common to be something awful.

My baby had similar lumps behind her ears. The doctor said that they were lymph nodes and they weren't worried. Obviously it might not be the same thing.

Hello! I noticed 2 lumps in my daughter’s neck when she was about 6weeks old..I googled and the panic set in. GP refused to see us as it ‘wasn’t the size of a golf ball’ however I very luckily have private health insurance through work. Paed wasn’t concerned as it was less than 2cm and mobile. We had a follow up 2 months later it hadn’t grown but he offered an US to ease my worries. It showed lymph nodes but nothing to be concerned about. He really reassured me that if it was something serious it would not have stayed the same size in the 2 months we went without seeing him (and lots of other things about her being a picture of health etc). I saw him again for something unrelated and they were still there and he was still not concerned! He said it’s actually really normal to feel these in children because they don’t have as much padding as adults. She’s nearly 2 and they’re still there now.

Hi op,
I work for a paediatrician. Its quite common for children to have enlarged lymph

This document explains more and highlights when you should be concerned
https://www.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk/services/healthcare-professionals/how-refer/paediatric-referrals/lymphadenopathy-children

If you search for "lymphadenopathy in children", include the quote marks, you will also find a good pdf by york and scarborough teaching hospitals giving information

It outlines when it might be appropriate to worry, as follows

• Persistently big lymph nodes, more than two centimetres, for more than six weeks • Night sweats (where your child’s bedding is soaked through in the morning meaning that you are required to change the sheets), any weight loss or new itchiness of the skin that lasts for a few days • Unexplained bruising • Pain in your child’s legs (especially that wakes them at night) • A Lymph node that is getting much bigger quickly • Widespread distribution (enlarged lymph nodes in lots of different areas around the body)

Please read up on it. Hope this will help you to not be worrying unnecessarily.