Hard lymph nodes for years

I have had a bump on the side of my neck for about 8 years now. It is weird..when it is very hot out it gets bigger and when it is cold (Like right now) it is barely noticeable. I have also noticed I now have one on the right ear, hard not soft. And I have a few soft ones on my head. Now I noticed the ones on my head about six months ago after dying my hair (mind you with the SAME exact hair she I always use) and after I dyed it my head was itching like nobodies business. So I don't know if it was caused by the hair dye? I am soo worried because I am 8 weeks pregnant and am freaking out. (My mom thinks it is because I am soo tiny,100 lbs at 5'4,she thinks I can just feel every little bump on me.) I need help!

Hey Aaron,

I know that this occurrence was a while ago now. But I have a friend who has a similar thing behind his right ear and is also in high school. they found two other lymph nodes around the groin area as well. However he explains the lymph node behind his right ear to be painless, unmoving and rock hard... he hasn't had any other symptoms apart the obvious lump behind his ear that has been there a while. Ive been researching manically and could relate to the fact google always has the worst case scenario and was glad to see this... I was just wondering if this is most likely to be similar to what you had and if you had any other problems or symptoms??

Any information your willing to share would be much appreciated thank you!!

Hi. I'm glad to know that some people are having the same scenario as me. I'm just turning 17 this year and I found a lump in the right side of my neck for about almost 3-4 years ago and I found another small one in the back of my neck about 1-2 years ago. I had them checked by doctors and nurses and they all told me that the lump in my neck is just my vein or my lymph nodes. I'm not convinced that it is my vein because it really feels like my lymph node. I have no other symptoms at all but my two lumps are still there. My concern is really the one in my neck since it is quite bigger than a bean, it is non-movable, not rock hard but also not really visible. You can only see and feel it fully if I turn my neck to the other side fully. I convinced my mother to get it checked properly again by a GP to make sure that it is really nothing to worry about and only professionals can truly diagnose us. Hope the best for all of us!

I'm 25, going to be 26 in April. When I was 6 I had 3 lymph nodes removed for a biopsy. The first was taken from my neck (right side) which was so big it caused my head to literally tilt to the left. I got it removed and within 2 days had another one pop up in the exact same location the exact same size. Along with that came one behind my right ear. Both were immediately removed and evaluated. The results came back clean. Fast foward to 12, I had another lymph node removed from my groin (left side) the size of a walnut/golf ball. I recently broke my sacrum and although the MRI came back negative for any anatomical problems, the MRI did indicate that I have unhealthy bone marrow in one of my vertebrae. I'm currently being tested for a plethora of things due to the MRI finding and the fact that I have been living with rock hard, swollen lymph nodes that have not increased or decreased in size for the past 19 years. Whenever I get sick and a new one pops up, no matter the size, it does not go down. I currently have about 15-20 swollen lymph nodes ranging from my neck to my groin. The look on every oncologists face when I tell them: "I've literally had 15-20 swollen lymph nodes that do not go down for over 15 years, pretty much my entire life" is pretty remarkable because they have never heard/seen such a thing. I was diagnosed with idiopathic hyper active lymph nodes. The reason I'm telling you this is because although it may be frightening, sometimes the answer is there is no answer. I'd recommend you definitely going for annual check ups because at a minimum, it'll help give you peace of mind.

I had swollen lymph nodes for over 4 years and had biopsy on one but all negative My sister was having the same problems and fianlly did a blood test and found out she had parrasites I went and had the blood test and had the same thing got antibiotics Clindamycin 300mg 2 capsules every 8 hours for 14 days and leucovorin calcium 10 mg and Pyrimethamine 25mg tab for 2 weeks and it worked my lymph nodes swelling went away. They did test me for cat scratch fever but didnt go further on testing for Toxoplasma AB IGG,S . a parrasite from cat litter but my sister who tested positive doesnt have cats or cat litter ..I have cats

hi,

i've had a lymph-node raise on my left side of my neck since 2006.

I can't remember if i had it check. i would have though so as at the time i panicked. obviously its benign. i've had blood teste over the years. I've had quite a few blood test over the last 18 months for completely unrelated issues. all came back fine. It's the only gland that has stuck out.

sounds like yours is benign as well. an explanation would be nice but if tests come back normal, you can certainly breath easy.