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Lymph node enlargement
There's a small lump on my mother's neck...not painful while swallowing...hurts a little when touched.
It's since 2 months.
Mother's creatinine level is 1.5
A local doctor had given the attached prescription.
And a practo general doctor had given the other prescription
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Best option is to go for fnac test to rule out tuberculosis
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Dr. Ajay Shedge
Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) Specialist
13 yrs exp
Thane
Since it is a long standing neck swelling not responding to medications, ideally you need to do a USG guided FNAC which means while doing the USG, the sonologist pricks a needle in the most representative part of the swelling, withdraws few ml of fluid which is sent for cytology testing (FNAC)
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send both the reports USG & FNAC via chat, futhur treatment depends on these reports
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keep an eye for appearance of any fresh symptom and inform accordingly
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Dr. Shreha Pathak
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
11 yrs exp
Bangalore
Since the creatinine level is bit on higher side, caution is required before starting the antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medications
Also few more details, and a picture will be helpful.
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Please consult so that the management can be planned based on a more detailed history, picture and giving due consideration to her pre-existing creatinine levels
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Dr. Sumitpal Bhatti
Head and Neck Surgeon
33 yrs exp
Pune
Hi. You need to get a USG (Ultrasound) of the Neck done as she has already taken two courses of medication and the swelling is persisting for more than 2 months.
An FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology) is done routinely if the swelling is not decreasing in size.
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USG Neck
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Upload the report here for disscussing further treatment.
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