Lumps Under Cats Jaw

Unusual lumps or swellings anywhere on your cat s body especially if they re getting larger or changing shape.

Lumps under cats jaw. This type of lump is normally the result. A cyst is not. Swollen lymph nodes are a symptom of lymphoma. What might cause a lump under your cat s chin.

The clue might be a loss of appetite. Chances are only your veterinarian can tell you but it helps to know what the most common types of skin lumps on cats are and some tricks you can use to tell them apart. Lipomas are benign tumors of fat cells uncommonly found under the skin in cats. A cyst is a lump that is considered hollow although it will be filled with soft tissue or fluid.

In an older cat the two most likely causes for a lump on the jaw that is painful are an infection of a tooth root or her jaw bone osteomyletitis or an oral tumor involving the gingiva gums or jaw bone. The lymph nodes behind the knees and under the jaws are easiest to find. A benign process is more likely. These can feel like very small bumps under the surface of the skin.

Depending on where this lump is exactly this may be a lymph node or a problem with a tooth both of which would cause you cat to not feel well and in most cases a loss of appetite or decrease in appetite. The lump also could be caused by an infection in the bone or under the skin leading to a granuloma or by an aberrant action of the immune system. Both bacterial and viral infections can cause a lump to form under the chin. Difficulty eating swallowing or digesting.

An abscess is formed when a pocket of pus forms underneath the skin. Abscesses when a relatively large pocket of pus forms under the skin or within another tissue it is called an abscess. Just like people some cats have blackheads on their chin or face.