Salivary gland inflammation

Salivary gland inflammation's disease overview

Saliva system in the human body includes: Saliva glands, salivary glands under the jaw, salivary glands under the tongue and many small salivary glands scattered throughout the mouth mucosa. Saliva glands produce saliva to support the digestion of food, wash bacteria and leftovers, keeping the oral cavity clean and wet

Disease salivary gland inflammation is an infection of salivary glands, mostly salivary gland inflammation i and gland inflammation saliva under the jaw . Typically, the disease only localized in the salivary gland with a typical manifestation of inflamed saliva pain, increased pain when eating and benign. salivary gland inflammation is common in children and adolescents. The incidence of the disease is the same in men and women, but men often have to face more complications.

Causes of Salivary gland inflammation's disease

Salivitis causing a variety of bacteria, viruses, or some other diseases. The pathogens attack the salivary glands, reducing the amount of saliva secreted to result in the infection of the pipes.

  • Bacteria: is the most common agent. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogenic bacteria. Other bacteria also cause salivary gland inflammation such as streptococcal, Haemophilus influenza, E.coli.
  • The virus of influenza A, herpes, mumps or HIV can also cause infection of salivary glands. In which mumps saliva glands are most common and everyone in life is at least once.
  • Diseases such as salivary gland stones, granuloma, malnutrition, sjogren syndrome (an immune disease that causes dry mouth), neck tumors ... Reduce salivation and cause saliv gland inflammation.

    • Symptoms of Salivary gland inflammation's disease

    When salivary gland inflammation, patients often complain about symptoms that appear right at the inflamed salivary gland and oral area such as:

  • Saliva pain: Saliva gland area with swollen and painful ear, spreading to the surrounding areas, pressing the area of ​​the ear to see pain increases and can see pus flowing out in The mouth of the stenon tube, the saliva hole into the mouth of the ear gland.
    • dry mouth, mouth mucosa around the stenon can swell red, bad breath

    Say and swallow pain

  • React lymphadenopathy in the angle of the jaw or behind the ears of the same ear as the inflammatory gland.

    • Some cases of patients may have a mild fever, the temperature ranges from 38 - 39 degrees, fast circuit, fatigue.

    Salivary gland inflammation rarely causes complications. However, if the salivary infection is not treated, pus can accumulate and create abscess in the salivary gland.

  • If not treated properly and promptly, salivary gland inflammation will progress to chronic salivary gland inflammation and recurrence many times. The salivary gland of ears when inflamed many times will increase the size and not small, deforming the face of the patient.
  • For patients with salivary gland inflammation, especially in men may have manifestations of testicular inflammation, meningitis, encephalitis, deafness, deafness, ...

    • Transmission route of Salivary gland inflammation's diseaseSalivary gland inflammation

    Salivitis gland inflammation is a disease that can spread through direct contact with saliva shooting from the patient's mouth. With the contagious properties, the disease can start small epidemics in the winter -spring, peak in January.

    The penetration period lasts about 24-36 hours when the patient has the typical symptoms of the disease, which is the strongest stage of infection. However, the disease can also be infected in the incubation period from 18 to 21 days, without any symptoms.

    People at risk for Salivary gland inflammation's disease

    Subjects susceptible to salivary gland inflammation include:

  • The elderly, greater than 65 years old
  • Oral hygiene irregularly
  • No vaccination to prevent mumps, common in children.

    • Some pathologies act as favorable factors that cause salivary gland infections such as:

  • AIDS

    • Sjogren syndrome

    diabetes

    malnutrition

  • Alcoholism

    • Prevention of Salivary gland inflammation's disease

    There is no way to prevent salivary gland inflammation.     Some ways to minimize the incidence of disease such as:

  • Immunization for mumps virus for children.
  • Keep good oral hygiene, drink plenty of water.
  • Eat nutritious, maintain a good immune system.
  • Do not eat together, drink with people with salivary gland inflammation.
  • Going to the doctor's examination and instructions for the definitive treatment of acute salivary gland inflammation is a way to prevent chronic progression, causing prolonged influence on life of the patient.

    • Diagnostic measures for Salivary gland inflammation's disease

    Salivary gland inflammation is usually diagnosed based on typical symptoms: painful swelling of inflamed salivary glands, increased pain when eating and speaking; Combined with the following subclinical tests:

  • Check saliva or sampling biopsy of salivary glands to see if there is bacteria.

    • Saliva ultrasound searches for salivary gland images, or with or not diseases accompanied by infections such as salivary gland stones

    CT scan, MRI magnetic resonance to detect diseases that cause salivary infections.

    Salivary gland inflammation's disease treatments

    The decision on the treatment of salivary gland inflammation depends on the symptoms that the patient is facing, the level of infection and potential diseases.

    Most cases of infections can heal when using antibiotics, painkillers in combination with non -drug treatments without surgery such as:

  • Drink plenty of water, should be combined with lemon to stimulate salivation to help the salivary glands clean.
  • Apply warm compresses on inflamed glands.
  • Gargle with warm salt water.
  • If the patient has complications of the salivary abscess, it is necessary to conduct pus and drainage.
  • Surgical removal of part or the whole of the ear or under the jaw is paved in chronic salivary gland inflammation, recurrence many times.

    • See also:

  • What to know about mumps vaccines Li> complications and treatment of salivary gland inflammation

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