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Hard painful knot ( in occipital lymph node area?) just randomly appeared last night. woke up with the pain and found the knot. no injury
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Watch the node: carefully over the next 2-3 days. Sometimes infection will declare itself only after a few days. If it persists in size beyond a month or 6 weeks, I would have it looked at by a surgeon to make sure it doesn't mean lymphoma. Thanks for trusting in HealthTap.
Answered 11/28/2017
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