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A 19-year-old male asked:

Are the two equally sized non tender lumps just on the edge of the soft pallet before the neck salivary glands or lymph nodes?

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Dr. Paul Grinanswered

Pain Management 38 years experience

Normal - Tonsils: The tonsils composed of tissues similar to the lymph nodes found in the neck, armpits and other parts of the body.

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A 33-year-old female asked:

I have Sjogrens syndrome and have had to have both submandibular salivary glands removed and now on both sides of my neck below the jaw the lymph nodes are very hard and have not changed for almost a year do I need to be concerned?

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A 35-year-old female asked:

I feel large lumps on both sides of my neck, under my jaw. I'd say they are about an inch or so wide. Could those be my submandibular salivary glands? They don't really move. They are not hard, but not squishy either. They don't feel like lymphnodes?

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A 18-year-old female asked:

I have swollen gums, painful teeth, sore throat, whitish- yellowish stuff on the roof of my mouth, and swollen lymph glands. Any idea what it might be?

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A 46-year-old female asked:

Can GERD cause swelling of salivary glands? I feel a lump when I swallow with on and off ache in my throat which is not getting better."

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Just had a nuclear stress test today, 8/10/21. Felt fine afterwards. Got home 2 hours later and lymph nodes swollen on left side of neck and ear ans sore to the touch. Two lumps on top of scalp also. Feel chilled. Could this be frome the IV injectio?

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