i have a painful lump below my right ear lobe...
a week ago, my right ear started ringing, and for 5 minutes, i lost my hearing in that ear. Then two days ago i noticed a lump/cyst directly below my right ear lobe, which feels about the size of a pencil eraser. it hurts a lot when i touch it and when i run my finger along my jaw bone. i'm not sure if this area could have something to do with another problem i have which is a benign frontal lobe brain mass (dx'd at age 12). -I'm a 19 year old female with type one diabetes. i have been doing research on parotid gland tumors, which i believe may be a possiblility. the area feels as though it is becoming more painful, but only when i touch the area below my ear lobe. i felt under my other ear, and it is perfectly fine. the right side is very painful, but not in my ear at all..which at first i thought this could be an ear problem. the pain is more so located in my neck. i'm not scared right now, just a little bothered by the feeling of the lump. i plan on going to the doctor sometime soon, but i'm waiting to see if it will disapear or start to become smaller and less painful. any information or recomendations on a course of action would be greatly appreciated. thanks everyone