I have a lump on my inner elbow... i need answers ASAP! [open to read why]?
Question:
As far as the lump... its in my left elbow, right under the crease, and its more easily felt if I lift my arm up, which then pulls the skin down (ya know, gravity and all.) I dont have one on the right side. It's not painful to the touch, isn't really hard necessarily, but isnt really soft either. As far as the size... well... it's kind of oblong, and it's probably the size of. a couple of grapes? Like if you were to uhm, smoosh them together? I have a cut on my knuckle, that has started to look a tiny bit like it might be getting infected... just red around it and not really healing like it should. (for the tiny cut that it was) I finally put some neosporin on it tonight and covered it up with a bandage... and its looking a little bit better. I noticed the lump a couple days ago, and it has grown since then.
HELP! If I have an infection I can't knowingly donate blood!
Answers:
Those are most likely infected lymph nodes . If the infection spreads , next you will notice lumps in your armpit . You need systemic (oral) antibiotic treatment .
EPITROCHLEAR nodes :
Often, these nodes are overlooked, or inadequate techniques are employed to examine them. Epitrochlear nodes are best sought with the patient's elbow flexed to about 90°. The right epitrochlear area is approached by inserting the examiner's left hand from behind the patient's elbow while the examiner's right hand grasps the right wrist of the patient, supporting the forearm, as in Figure 149.2B. The fourth and fifth finger should fall just above the medial epicondyle of the humerus and then the other fingers will overlie the area where epitrochlear nodes are usually found. Examination of the left epitrochlear area is just the reverse of the right. Epitrochlear nodes are usually enlarged secondary to infections of the hand and forearm. Occasionally, neoplastic processes will present with isolated epitrochlear adenopathy. Enlarged epitrochlear nodes occur frequently in mononucleosis. In the past, epitrochlear lymphadenopathy was considered a diagnostically important sign of secondary syphilis, but now it is more commonly due to recurrent hand injury or infections in people who do manual labor.
Congrats you have cancer
you should probably get it checked out by a doctor befor u do anything like donating blood betteer to be safe then sorry!
first off yeah thats pretty f'd up to have a lump so no! no giving blood to the vampires of the world for you! go to the doctor instead.or a hot nurse.
Your seeing trained nurses tomorrow, calm down! Your not the first person they've seen strange things on, lol, they do work with the public! Besides, its mostly likely a cyst, so just calm down and speak to them tomorrow and get their opinion about giving blood when you show them the lump. Good luck.
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