i am a 25 year old male, with weird throat problems going on. first i have a lump on the right side of my throat, my girlfriend thinks that it is swollen lymph nodes but i'm not sure. it causes discomfort and it hurts to turn my head to the right sometimes. i have this pressure in the back of my head at the base of the skull that started around the same time as the lump appeared. and now i have a pain on the left side of my throat area, like i pulled a muscle or something, it hurts to swallow and feels very tight. it hurts terribly when i put my head down, does anyone know what this is cause i'm really freaking out, it would be a great piece of mind if someone could help me and tell me what this is.