How long can the lymph nodes behind the ear recover needs to be analyzed and judged according to the cause of the patient’s illness, the causes of lymph node swelling behind the ear are bacterial infection, inflammation, malignant tumors, etc., and the recovery time can not be generalized.
1. Bacterial infection: some special bacterial infections lead to enlarged lymph nodes all over the body, accompanied by enlarged lymph nodes behind the ear, such as lymphatic tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, which requires anti-tuberculosis treatment, and the enlarged lymph nodes behind the ear can only gradually subside, and it takes at least 1 month or even 2-3 months to completely subside.
2. Inflammatory reaction: such as tonsillitis, mumps, acute lymphadenitis, etc. can cause swollen lymph nodes behind the ear, which need antibiotic anti-infective treatment, and the swollen lymph nodes behind the ear can be gradually recovered after the inflammation subsides, and it will take at least 5~7 days.
3. Malignant tumors: malignant tumor cells can also cause enlarged lymph nodes, such as lung malignant tumor, lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, etc. This kind of patients need to be combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in order to have a better therapeutic effect, and the enlarged lymph nodes can be gradually receded, and the specific time of receding needs to be determined according to the treatment time and therapeutic effect of different patients.
Patients with enlarged lymph nodes behind the ear should go to the hospital in time to determine the cause of the disease according to the history, signs and relevant examinations, and the doctor will take different treatments according to the cause of the enlarged lymph nodes behind the ear in order to avoid the delay of the disease.