What to do if a child has a bulge in his neck

Children’s neck bulge is divided into several cases, the most common is lymph node enlargement, usually on both sides of the neck, often for multiple lymph node enlargement. In addition, such as the middle of the neck is commonly thyroglossal cysts, neck side is commonly gill slit cysts and some other diseases, the child’s neck bulge should go to the hospital for ultrasound and other examinations, to clarify the size of the mass, the nature of the situation. If the lymph nodes are small, without redness, swelling and pain, the texture is relatively soft and smooth, can be temporarily not dealt with; if there is tenderness, redness, swelling, lymph nodes or a combination of some of the systemic symptoms, it is necessary to carry out a resection biopsy; and if suggests that the thyroglossal cysts or sebaceous cysts, need to carry out surgical resection, as appropriate.