Swollen gland in neck?

[Muddy4paws]

Thanks everyone, I've persuaded him to go to the doctors, on his terms of that if it hasn't gone down by sunday then he will book an appointment, I swear I will mention it to his very ! over protective mum so that should make him just from being bothered so much by her.. Anyway thanks everyone I'll let you know how he gets on

[dogzr#1]

I had something like that a few years ago. It was just a swollen lymph node. It hurt me a little bit, but not much. Within a few days, and some antibotics, it went away. It could be something else but I don't know.

EDIT: I went to the doctor withing a few days of noticing it. They said that if it is worse enough, then I would have to have surgery to remove it. Hopefully that's not his case. since its been swollen for a couple of weeks.

[Cataholic]

It could be nothing, it could be something. I don't get someone not taking responsibility for his own health, however.

I had a similar problem, and mine turned out to be toxoplasmosis (of course, with fifty million cats, he he he). I had the node removed and biopsied. My primary care doctor thought it was lymphoma, and came back into the exam room with tears in her eyes. Talk about freaking someone out!!!

My work place, to this day, refers to it as "Johanna's cat bumps".