Parotitis is an inflammation of one or both parotid glands, the major salivary glands located on either side of the face, in humans. The parotid gland is the salivary gland most commonly affected by inflammation.
is a common, non-infectious cause of parotitis. It may occur in elderly or after surgery. Acute bacterial parotitis: is most often caused by a bacterial...
called parotitis, is the most common mumps symptom and occurs in about 90% of symptomatic cases and 60–70% of total infections. During mumps parotitis, usually...
as parotitis. The most common cause of parotitis is mumps. Widespread vaccination against mumps has markedly reduced the incidence of mumps parotitis. The...
outer ear, and to the parotid gland and its fascia. Pain resulting from parotitis is caused by an impingement on the great auricular nerve. The great auricular...
external compression, may cause pain and swelling of the parotid gland (parotitis). Koplik's spots which are pathognomonic of measles are found near the...
Pneumoparotitis (also termed pneumosialadenitis wind parotitis, surgical mumps, or anaesthesia mumps), is a rare cause of parotid gland swelling which...
about a week, along with low-grade fever and general malaise. Recurrent parotitis of childhood is characterised by periods of pain and swelling in the parotid...
described in 1909. Uveoparotitis is characterized by parotitis, uveitis and low grade fever. Parotitis leads to swelling and enlargement of the parotid glands...
Graft-versus-host disease Post-irradiation sialadenitis Sarcoidosis—there may be parotitis alone or uveoparotitis (inflammation of both the parotid and the uvea...
to interrupt the misguided innervation of the sweat glands. Pain from parotitis, a condition that can be caused by mumps, will be carried by the auriculotemporal...
in preventing infections of the salivary glands, importantly that of parotitis. Saliva also contains a glycoprotein called haptocorrin which is a binding...
symptoms of the syndrome, which include parotitis, fever, facial nerve palsy and anterior uveitis. In cases of parotitis, ultrasound-guided biopsy is used to...
mouth, stomatitis, gingivitis, decreased salivary flow, xerostomia and parotitis. One of the early symptoms of renal failure is uremic fetor. It is an...
manifestation of sarcoidosis is uveitis. The combination of anterior uveitis, parotitis, VII cranial nerve paralysis and fever is called uveoparotid fever or...
MPR may refer to: The MMR vaccine, from Latin morbilli (measles), parotitis (mumps) and rubella Mannose 6-phosphate receptor, a family of transmembrane...
vaccine" is also used to refer to this vaccine, whereas "P" refer to parotitis which is caused by mumps. Merck MMR II is supplied freeze-dried (lyophilized)...
inflammation of the throat. His parents brought him to a doctor who diagnosed parotitis and dehydration, which a second doctor, a family friend, confirmed. A...
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