A hard lump behind the baby’s ear may be caused by mosquito bites, but it may also be caused by proliferative scarring, lymphadenitis and other diseases.
1. Physiological factors: baby ear behind a hard lump, if it is a sudden occurrence, most of the mosquito bites, can lead to localized skin redness, swelling, itching and other uncomfortable symptoms.
2. Proliferative scarring: proliferative scarring may be the baby’s past occurrence of trauma, bites, local infections, etc., which further leads to local connective tissue overgrowth repair. Under the above circumstances, some babies will have hard lumps behind the ears, which are generally less elastic and accompanied by itching, pain and other uncomfortable symptoms.
3. Lymphadenitis: there are lymph nodes around the ear and neck, when the baby is sick with otitis media, tonsillitis, oral diseases, there may be inflammation spread. This leads to inflammatory reactions in the lymph nodes around the lesions, such as swelling and pain in the lymph nodes behind the ear.
There are more reasons for hard lumps behind the ears of babies, and parents are advised to bring their babies to the doctor in time if necessary. In daily life, do a good job of preventing mosquitoes and insects.