Should I seek a second opinion ?
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It all started a month ago. First I felt a weird feeling on my nose and noticed I had some nasal congestion. The feeling on the nose comes and goes and even went away for a whole week at one point. It hasn't gotten any worse if anhtbing maybe a little better. The nasal congestion also comes and goes. Sometimes I'm fine and the sometimes one of my nostrils becomes congested and sometimes it's the other. The real symptom that's scaring me is a lump I found on the side of my neck, maybe an inch under my jaw. I found it about 3 weeks ago and I don't think it has gotten bigger. It's kind of hard and slightly movable. Today I went to the doctor and he just simply touched near my jaw and told me swollen lymph node, gave me allergy medicine for the congestion and told me if the lump didn't go away in a month to come back. I'm worried that if I wait any longer it could be bad, it would be 2 months from when I found it and who knows if it was there before. He didn't order blood tests or anything, just said to go back in a month. Should I seek another doctors opinion or even try an ENT visit if my insurance allows it? I worry about my health a lot and this really scares me. What should I do
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lynda20916 lu51360
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Hi, Lu,
I would make an appointment for a month from now with your doctor. Lymph nodes can become enlarged if your body's fighting an infection, too.
Best of luck!
Jolouise9 lu51360
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Hi lu I'm not a doctor but I have researched a lot about different cancer types as I nursed my dad with lung cancer. I had a lump like u in my neck it was hard and it disappeared after a few weeks. can I ask u have u been stressed out latley??
lu51360 Jolouise9
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