My fiance woke up this morning with a pain on the right side of his neck. He first thought he slept wrong, then realized there is what appears to be a vein behind his right ear that is swollen. Pain goes down his neck and up the side of his head. Is this something to be concerned about?
Hi, If he does not have fever and there is no local redness of overlying skin, we need not worry now. There is a normal prominence behind our ear-this is formed by mastoid bone and tendons attached on that. If he is able to feel a similar swelling on the opposite side also, probably he is dealing with this. Just ask him to take paracetamol three time as a day(ibuprofen if pain is severe) for 3 days. Hopefully pain will disappear by then. Otherwise, kindly see a doctor to look for any local infection or lymphadenitis. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. 