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A Swelling at the Back of My Neck

I found it by accident, combing my hair one morning. At the back of my neck there is a swelling, firm under my fingers, about the size of a small lime. I am fifty-three, and I do not remember it being there a year ago. It has grown slowly since I first noticed it. Some evenings the skin around it aches, a dull kind of ache that makes me restless when I lie down. I showed it to my sister, and even she could feel it straight away. That frightened me more than the ache does.

My doctor pressed on it, asked how long it had been growing, and looked at my reports. Then he said a surgeon should see it in person and read those reports before anyone decides anything. I am not coming here expecting an operation to be announced. I want a neurosurgeon in Narayanganj who will feel the swelling with his own hands. One who will study the reports and tell me plainly what he makes of it.

The neurosurgeons who see patients in Narayanganj are listed further down this page, each with a chamber address and visiting hours. For every kind of doctor across the district in one place, this site also keeps the wider directory of doctors in Narayanganj.

2 available specialists found

Prof. Dr. A.S.M. Kamrul Hasan

Qualifications MBBS, MS (Neuro)
Location Narayanganj Sadar, Narayanganj

Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam

Qualifications MBBS, MS (Neurosurgery)
Location Narayanganj Sadar, Narayanganj

A Swelling at the Back of My Neck

The Page I Hope I Never Need, Kept Anyway

The surgeon may read my reports, feel the swelling, and decide it needs watching, not an operation. Some neck problems are managed with medicine and checks by a doctor who treats without operating. If that is my road, this site keeps a listing for that search too: the neurologists in Narayanganj. I am not jumping ahead of his judgement; I sleep easier knowing where to look next.

My Daily Tablets Are Not Part of This Decision

I take tablets every day for a long-standing health matter, prescribed by my doctor well before this swelling appeared. A lump at my neck changes nothing about those doses. I will not skip them from anxiety, nor add anything new on a neighbour's suggestion. Only the doctor who prescribed them can adjust or stop them, and he would see me first.

One question waits for the surgeon. If an operation ever is fixed for me, which daily tablets pause beforehand, and which carry on as usual? That answer must come from him, with my prescription in front of him. Until then, every tablet stays as written.

Changes Around My Neck That Mean Same-Day Care

A swelling growing over months gives me time to choose a chamber date. Certain changes give nobody time. If one side of my body suddenly weakens. If my face droops or my speech turns strange. If a headache arrives worse than any before it. If a fit starts and will not stop, if my sight suddenly fails, if my mind clouds over without reason. Those signs mean hospital that same day, or my regular doctor without delay. They cannot wait for a routine appointment next week.

What I Have Been Turning Over at Night

The swelling does not hurt most days. Can something painless still matter?

Yes. Plenty of things needing a surgeon's eye grow quietly and give little pain. Pain is a poor measuring stick here. Steady growth over months is the detail worth reporting.

Should I keep track of how fast it is growing?

It helps. Note the month you felt it and how its size compares now, against a coin or a lime. A surgeon works better with dates than guesses.

I keep pressing it to check the size. Is that a problem?

Constant pressing can leave the area sore and muddle what you feel. Check gently now and then, and leave the measuring to the surgeon's hands.

Will he decide everything from the reports alone?

No. Reports sit beside the examination, not above it. He will feel the swelling himself and hear how it has behaved. Only then does his reading fall into place.

My daughter wants me to get this seen quickly. Am I leaving it late?

You are acting on it now, and that is what matters. A swelling growing over months deserves a planned visit soon, not panic. Book the appointment and carry your reports.

If my speech suddenly turns strange one evening, should I wait and mention it at my appointment?

No. Strange speech, a drooping face, or sudden weakness on one side means hospital that same day. Do not save a sign like that for a routine visit.

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