What if a child has a small flesh bump on the inside of his neck that slides around?

Some children with small bumps on the inside of the neck will slide without special treatment, considered normal lymph nodes. Also considered and upper respiratory tract infections, infectious mononucleosis and other causes of lymph node enlargement, can follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment with medication. 1. Normal lymph nodes: usually lymph nodes throughout the body, and parents can touch the child’s neck inside the long and small lumps of flesh and will slide, is a normal phenomenon, without special treatment. 2. Upper respiratory tract infections: patients can also be due to local lymph node swelling and the phenomenon of small bumps inside the neck will slide, mostly caused by viral infections, is a self-limiting disease, some of the children can be self-healing, without special treatment. If the combination of bacterial infection, can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply cefixime and other antibiotic treatment. 3. Infectious mononucleosis: caused by EBV infection, cervical lymph node swelling, parents can also touch the sliding bumps inside the child’s neck, at this time the need for primary treatment, such as the use of acyclovir, ganciclovir and other antiviral drugs, intravenous immunoglobulin can also improve the symptoms. Symptoms may remain for weeks or even months after the disease is cured. In addition, stomatitis, lymphoma, leukemia, etc. can also lead to local lymph node enlargement, triggering the child’s neck inside the small bumps will slide. Parents are advised to take their children to the doctor for examination so that the disease can be clarified and treated according to the doctor’s instructions. All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.