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Lump that wouldn't budge after infection hid a shock diagnosis
Daily Record
|August 21, 2025
A FITNESS coach has told how a "tooth infection" helped him discover a silent cancer lurking in his body.
Jamie Haxton, 29, from Glasgow, was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma after he discovered a lump that wouldn't go away for weeks.
The small lump underneath his jaw formed after a tooth infection sparked an unusual reaction in his lymph nodes in October 2024.
His dentist and GP both tried to treat the lump with antibiotics weeks after the infection had cleared up.
But with the lump still in place, his GP sent Jamie to ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists who carried out a biopsy.
After surgery to remove the lump, Jamie was told just days before Christmas last year he had cancer.
The online fitness coach told the Record:
This story is from the August 21, 2025 edition of Daily Record.
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