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 ...

Salivary stones are the most common reason for salivary gland obstruction. They're believed to form as mucous is mineralized with calcium hydroxylapatite deposits. "If the natural flow of saliva ...

Someone that has a blockage in the gland, that’s not the case. As long as you’re eating, it’s going to hurt,” said Showalter.

Salivary gland cancer is a rare disease where cancerous cells form in the tissues of the salivary glands. Signs & Symptoms These are signs of salivary gland cancer: Fluid draining from the ear A lump ...

Obstruction of the ducts of the salivary glands is associated with a range of health conditions, some moderate including mucoceles-cysts that form when saliva becomes trapped in the oral cavity ...

They might also order an amylase test if they suspect you have salivary gland disease or if there’s a blockage in the duct that carries digestive enzymes to your small intestine. This blockage ...

Salivary gland disorders encompass a range of conditions, including inflammatory diseases, obstructions due to sialolithiasis and stenosis, and autoimmune-associated dysfunction. These disorders ...

The first hint of this new gland emerged while Wouter Vogel, a radiation oncologist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NCI), was probing for damage to salivary glands after radiotherapy for cancer ...

Explore how rare epithelial cells like tuft cells regulate inflammation, regeneration, and circadian rhythms in salivary glands using state-of-the-art molecular and imaging techniques. Our lab ...

image: The parasympathetic nerves of a developing salivary gland innervate the salivary gland epithelium which is essential for organogenesis. The image shows a single projection of a stack of ...

Elevated relative risk of a benign parotid salivary gland tumor was also seen (relative risks, 5.16, 4.92, and 3.90 for any time, zero to less than five years, and five or more years, respectively).

The mechanism of irradiation-induced hypofunction of the salivary glands is a process that is not fully understood. Here we examine the hypothesis that intracellular and redox-active ions of iron and ...