When the stone remains in the duct, an infection can develop. Sialadenitis is an infection of a salivary gland. Common causes ...

Symptoms sometimes come and go; other times they are constant. Left untreated, the gland may become infected. An infection in ...

Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while those glands that demonstrated damage seemed to heal spontaneously without further subjective and objective symptomatology.

Salivary gland obstruction results in pain and swelling in the cheek or under the jawline while eating, and foul-tasting drainage into the mouth. Such obstruction can also progress to severe infection ...

First bite syndrome causes sharp jaw pain with initial bites of food, often linked to salivary gland nerve damage from ...

Inclusion criteria were (a) at least two reported acute inflammatory episodes affecting the same parotid gland, (b) bilateral sialographic study, (c) absence of any systemic disease, and (d ...

After seeing a doctor about her neck growth, which was an inflammation of her lymph nodes, Nakagawa was informed she developed a tumor in the parotid gland under her left ear and needed immediate ...