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A member asked:

The left side of my jaw hurts, in the temporomandibular joint. left side pops when opening mouth. feels like theres a tiny mass too. like lymph node?

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Joint: You need to be examined to determine reason for joint dysfunction. You may have a displaced disc. Start with your Dentist.

Answered 11/17/2017

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The left side of my jaw is in pain. The left side of my jaw hurts kind of where the joint is. It came on out of no where. I do clench my jaw at night, but I have a mouthgaurd that i wear every night. I have been using a mouth gaurd for almost a year now.

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Small, hard bump, somewhat moveable, under jaw near where tonsils are. Not painful and cant be seen / not swollen. Only feel it on left side when I press under and along inner side of jawbone. Lymph node? Calcified? Scarred? Have tonsil stones, too?

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Small movable painless bump on right side of neck close to my jaw. Had it for a few months. I have a chronic mouth infection on same side. Lymph node?

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My six-year-old son has from one year old many visible small lymph nodes in his neck that appear because he is very thin. One remains larger for many years on the left side of the tonsil when he turns up head. Blood tests ok Ent ok. Should i worry?

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