Rachel W
16-11-10, 02:27
Hi,
I was feeling my cheeks last night. Don't know why, I was reading and not paying attention and I noticed that my right cheek has some large fatty lumps in it. I think I may have had these before but in the past recently when feeling for enlarged salivary glands I did not notice them then, but then again they are only noticeable if I press in against my molars, or if I put a finger in my mouth and palpate with my thumb on the outside. I am really nervous about having swollen salivary glands, but when I looked up swollen parotid glands the swelling looks like it would be close to my ear and around the jaw joint rather than in my cheek. Does anyone else here have any bumps in their cheek (feel slightly fatty but a little firm about an inch or 1.5 round but flattish).
I am really in a panic about this and have no one to talk to about it as my boyfriend already thinks (knows?) I am a worrier. As I said, I think in the past I may have had this, but I don't remember having something only in one cheek, and not sure of it was there a few months ago or if I wasn't feeling the same area.
I think my boyfriend once asked if my cheek was swollen, but that was 2 years ago and at that time I did not think it was.
Please help me.
Thank you.
I was feeling my cheeks last night. Don't know why, I was reading and not paying attention and I noticed that my right cheek has some large fatty lumps in it. I think I may have had these before but in the past recently when feeling for enlarged salivary glands I did not notice them then, but then again they are only noticeable if I press in against my molars, or if I put a finger in my mouth and palpate with my thumb on the outside. I am really nervous about having swollen salivary glands, but when I looked up swollen parotid glands the swelling looks like it would be close to my ear and around the jaw joint rather than in my cheek. Does anyone else here have any bumps in their cheek (feel slightly fatty but a little firm about an inch or 1.5 round but flattish).
I am really in a panic about this and have no one to talk to about it as my boyfriend already thinks (knows?) I am a worrier. As I said, I think in the past I may have had this, but I don't remember having something only in one cheek, and not sure of it was there a few months ago or if I wasn't feeling the same area.
I think my boyfriend once asked if my cheek was swollen, but that was 2 years ago and at that time I did not think it was.
Please help me.
Thank you.