A salivary gland infection can develop when harmful bacteria or viruses build up in the salivary glands. These are located in the head and neck and produce saliva. It typically causes swollen ...

Parotitis is inflammation of one or both parotid glands, two large salivary glands responsible for making approximately 50% of your saliva. The parotid glands are located in each cheek over the ...

To improve parotid gland health, add neck tilts to your daily routine. Simply tilt your head back as if looking up at the sky ...

Diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy or needle biopsy of the liver in 8 cases. Normally, the parotid glands are not palpable, and a concavity exists in the region between the superior ramus of the ...

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.

[7,8] More than 400 drugs, some in common use, can cause oral dryness and induce salivary gland hypofunction. [9] Xerogenic medications include anticholinergic drugs, anorectics, antihistamines ...

Juvenile recurrent parotitis (JRP) is a rare inflammatory condition affecting the parotid glands in children, characterized by recurrent episodes of swelling and pain. This condition can ...

Submandibular salivary gland inflammation has been suggested as one of the mechanisms underlying impaired salivary secretion associated with sleep deprivation (SD). However, whether the salivary ...

Discover how the medicinal orchid Dendrobium officinale (Tiepi Shihu) improves salivary gland function, reduces inflammation, ...

AVA6000 is designed to treat fibroblast activation protein-positive (FAP-positive) solid tumours, with a particular focus on salivary gland cancer (SGC) treatment. Of the ten trial subjects who ...

Intraoral examination revealed an erythematous swelling on the left side of floor of the mouth at the ductal opening of left submandibular salivary gland. On palpation, multiple firm masses were noted ...