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I am an LPN & have never encountered this before. My husband was having a cup of hot tea. He picked up the cup to take a sip and all of a sudden could not swallow it. Just underneath and behind his right ear started to swell up. He said it was huge. By the time he showed it to me, it had gone down considerably. I was upstairs on the phone when this happened, so I did not see this happen. It has been a couple of hours since. I asked if it still hurt, he said 'a little bit', it just feels like his ear is plugged. Could it have been a lymph node? Never heard of this before. Thanks!!!

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Per the ToS of this website that we all agreed to we cannot offer medical advice. It is rather impossible for a health care professional to offer an opinion over the internet without being able to complete a physical exam and review a patient's history.

A call to your primary care provider would be the best course of action. If you feel that his airway might be compromised due to swelling in the neck area then a trip to the emergency department would be prudent.

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Per the ToS of this website that we all agreed to we cannot offer medical advice. It is rather impossible for a health care professional to offer an opinion over the internet without being able to complete a physical exam and review a patient's history.

A call to your primary care provider would be the best course of action. If you feel that his airway might be compromised due to swelling in the neck area then a trip to the emergency department would be prudent.

Thanks for the standard reply.

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