Almost immediately after 131 I therapy transient swelling (Fig. 2) and pain with decreased salivary flow, usually bilateral and involving the parotid glands, have become a known problem. [1, 4, 5 ...

Mumps Mumps is a contagious viral infection of the salivary glands. Symptoms, including swelling in the jaw and cheeks, may appear 2 to 4 weeks after the initial infection.

In many patients, recurrent salivary gland swelling is due to chronic obstructive sialadenitis (COS), they added, often with salivary calculi that have caused salivary stasis and obstruction.

Purging in bulimia by vomiting can make the face and cheeks appear swollen or puffy due to effects on the salivary glands. The glands typically return to their usual size after habitual vomiting ...

In 1954 Bonnin et al. 6 reported similar swelling of the parotid glands in 80 per cent of 173 cases of alcoholism with histologic changes in the liver, most of which had progressed to cirrhosis.

In my experience, the most likely cause of a swollen parotid gland on one side is a salivary gland stone, called sialolithiasis.

The above symptoms are then followed by swelling of the salivary glands and increasingly high fever, up to 39 degrees. Celsius. The swollen area may also be painful to touch.