Saliva also contains enzymes, such as salivary amylase which helps break ... increasingly painful swelling of the gland can occur. This pain is often made worse by chewing. In acute viral ...

Obstruction or blockage of the salivary glands is relatively common, affecting up to 2% of the population. Salivary gland obstruction results in pain and swelling in the cheek or under the jawline ...

Salivary gland removal removes all or part of the affected ... with talking or chewing Tongue numbness Change in taste ...

had symptoms of sialadenitis usually manifesting itself as bilateral parotid swelling. Thirty-one of the 67 patients also had submandibular gland swellings. One year later, persistent salivary ...

Doctors don’t regularly come across undiscovered bits of human anatomy, but a team of physicians recently reported a never-before-described set of salivary glands in patients’ necks. The first hint of ...