At this point in the pandemic, you’re fairly familiar with the laundry list of possible COVID-19 symptoms, including a fever, chills, body aches, a dry cough, shortness of breath, and a loss of taste ...

Finding a lump in your neck can be scary and stressful. But some causes of neck lumps are more serious than others. Learn what you need to know about what may cause this symptom, when to worry, and ...

A 25-year-old Vietnamese woman presented to a hospital reporting several weeks of swelling in her neck along with a mild fever that developed every afternoon. She told clinicians that she had no ...

We all experience a puffy face every now and again, especially after a night of drinking alcohol or filling up on salty foods. But if your face is so swollen that you can’t open one of your eyes, or ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Q: I noted a swelling in the front of my neck and my doctor thinks it is my thyroid. She ordered some blood tests and an ultrasound. What can this be? A ...

Thyroid cancer often shows subtle early symptoms that are easy to miss. Here are seven key warning signs, when to seek ...

Usually, swollen chest lymph nodes are too deep in the chest for a person to feel them. Any swollen lymph nodes in the chest appear on imaging scans. Swelling can indicate an underlying condition.

In most cases, neck pain occurs due to a minor injury. But new, worsening, or constant neck pain could be a symptom of cancer, especially if a person has other cancer symptoms, such as a lump. Neck ...