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[|Human|] my wife has a swollen lymph node behind her left ear and gets shooting pains on the side of her head, her md said to use heat and tylenol and it should go away, and call back in a week if it doesn t change as there may be an infection but she is afraid she has something much more serious like cancer. does his diagnosis sound accurate or should we seek another opinion?
[|AI|]  Hi sir...briefly the most probable cause of these manifestations is infection not tumor....swollen and shooting pain with it means that there is infection bacterial or viral .the lymph node have an important role in the immunity so when there is infection lymph node get swollen and inflamed and pain.....mostly ear infection or throat infection will cause that ...lymph node trap the bacteria or the virus and that cause these symptoms.....she should not think about cancer as simply in cancer there is no pain in the lymph node......hope that I helped you ....take care of your wife health....thanks for contacting us