Pre-auricular nodes

Looks like

Small nodes just in front of the ear, over the jaw joint.

What it does

Filter lymph from the eyelids, the outer part of the eye, the temple and the front of the ear.

Keeping it well

A tender node here with a red sticky eye suggests viral conjunctivitis, which is very catching. Lasting swelling needs checking.

Related conditions

• African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
• Cat-scratch disease
• Head and neck cancer
• Mpox (monkeypox)
• Rubella (German measles)
• Thyroid cancer
• Tonsillitis & quinsy