Pyat don't feel so good.

[pyat]

So, after a very broken sleep, I arose to a matched pair of very swollen (and tender) lymph nodes on the back of my neck. For those who were visiting last night, I am still hiccuping, 9 or 10 times a minute. Each time I do, my neck tenses up, and gives the swollen nodes a swift kick.


Of course, it could be worse. I could be wggthegnoll, in hospital with appendicitis, and apparently the Four Horsemen are his housemates.

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[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I went to see the on call at our clinic and got 500 mb of Cloxacillin. And then my sister gave me some muscle relaxant/pain killers.

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Where exactly in the back of your neck? Edge of your neck along your jugular? Back of your ears? Base of your skull? Or?


::B::

P.S. Get well soon!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Base of the skull on either side - the on call doctor suggested it was infected hair folicles. I'm wondering if it's cellulitis, which I've had periodically. In any case,the precription would be the same, no?

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Sounds like occipital lymph nodes, and the swelling is most likely 2' to either a scalp injury (ie insect bite, scratching too much) or scalp infection (dermatitis, folliculitis, etc.).

[Sometimes the drainage at the back of the neck is a little funny for some people and it may also reflect a nearby ear or throat infection; less likely if you have no ear or throat symptoms or pain.]

If a bacterial infection, the clox should hit it; if a fungal (i.e. ringworm) it won't do much good. If things don't calm down in a week, see your usual Family MD because this may be something that needs a both a trained eye and a scraping to diagnose.

::B::