Swelling above right clavicle
29 answers - active on Jan 6th 2022
Hi all, thanks for reading.
I am a 24 yo M. I weigh 165lbs and I am 5'10" and am very active (exercise 5 times a week). 1 year ago I started to get swelling above my right clavicle that was noticeable through my shirt. It is firm and rubber and does not move. The swelling will appear every couple of days, stay swollen for a day, then go back down and come back again a few days later. It has never hurt, felt warm or been red. I can also feel it starting to swell because it feels like something is in my throat when I swallow and I get a dry cough.
After noticing this I went to my primary provider and she did some blood work (which was normal) and gave me some antibiotics. That didn't work. I went back about 2 weeks later and she said take some advil for 3-5 days and come back if that didn't work. Well that didn't work either. Around this time school had started back up again and I was just really busy and ,although it was uncomfortable, I just ignored it.
Over the past year I have noticed that it seems to get worse when I drink caffeine or alcohol. Flash forward until last week when the swelling was humongous. It was large swelling above my collarbone about the size of a tennis ball. This kind of freaked me out and I decided to go see the doctor again. They took blood and I had an x-ray on it (I wont know the results until tomorrow). The doctor said we need to get a little more aggressive with it but she has always seemed so unconcerned about it.
My question is should I be concerned? Should I seek a second opinion? The swelling is pretty annoying and I just want it to stop.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Does anyone know what the result of this was? I have it bilateral for the last year and a half!
I had this happen and they were concerned it was lymphoma, i went and got a biopsy and am till awaiting the results. my suggestion see a doctor
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Reply to an old post I know...I get intermittent swelling above clavicle for a few years. Nothing defined from years of scans, blood tests. They did find I have only half a thyroid gland, micro pituitary adenoma, one time very low adrenal levels. I suffer huge amount of stuff, fluctuating and eventually diagnosed with ME!!!?..lack of mobility can cause sluggish lymph fluid which may or may not be related to the swelling. I’d say persist with dr until all tests exhausted. X
hi what happened to your symptoms?what medicine did you take? I also suffer from the same symptoms you have with the golf soze at the top of my collar bone?pls help
Hi, I hope all is well. I wonder was yours over the collar bone or just above it?
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Hi Have similar swollen lump over collar bone as described by others. I had the COVID Pfizer 2nd jab yesterday and have been told this is a less common side effect.
However, just read the following online that you may find useful:
"Swelling of the Lymph Node – In many cases, the swelling is not in the clavicle itself, but in the lymph nodes which surround it from all sides. This causes the collarbone to appear swollen though there is no real swelling in it. Lymph nodes mainly swell up when the teeth, scalp or lungs catch an infection and enlarge in size. In such a case, it is imperative to treat the underlying infection which when controlled will result in the swelling getting reduced on its own."
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Everyone with swelling above the clavicle should inquire with an endocrinologist another Cushing disease.
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