Your salivary glands produce saliva ... that block the flow of saliva in and out of the ducts. When this occurs, the involved duct can become painful and swollen. The lack of proper saliva flow ...

Aggressive external massage of the parotid gland is advised to milk out the retained saliva, increase salivary lavage, and flush out ductal debris (Fig. 7). Antibiotics may be used if infection is ...

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 ...

and an increase in oral infections. While going through these scans, he found something usual. Vogel was using a new technique for detecting cells in the salivary glands—PSMA PET/CT, a form of ...

Colorized electron microscope image of mosquito salivary gland tissue infected by the eastern equine encephalitis virus. Viral particles are red. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...