What’s that hard lump on the side of your cheek?

Swollen lumps on one side of the cheek may be caused by cellulitis, mumps, sebaceous cysts and so on.
1. Cellulitis: the disease is mostly caused by the skin, mucous membrane injury, subcutaneous loose connective tissue infected by germs, but also may be the direct spread of local septic infection or through the lymphatic, blood transmission caused by the patient’s cheek lumps on one side of the situation, the serious case will form deep septic and tissue necrosis.
2. Mumps: This disease is mainly caused by bacterial and viral infections, narrow duct opening, tumor compression, parotid dysplasia and autoimmune factors, resulting in a lump on one side of the patient’s cheek, accompanied by pain, fever and other symptoms.
3. Sebaceous cysts: If the patient’s sebaceous ducts are blocked, the contents of the glands will accumulate, resulting in hard lumps on one side of the cheeks, with redness, swelling, pain and other symptoms when secondary infection occurs.
It is recommended that patients go to the regular hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor, the relevant examination, and take targeted treatment as prescribed by the doctor. The medication should be in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.