Is the medical term for the formation of salivary duct stones in a patient’s salivary glands. Sialadenitis may be associated with pain, tenderness, redness, and gradual, localized swelling of the affected area. The parotid (in front of the ear) and submandibular (under the chin) glands are most commonly affected. It is usually caused by a virus or bacteria. Usually, diagnosis of salivary gland pain is not difficult, due to the accompanying signs and symptoms, such as pain occurring on eating, or swelling, firmness, or tenderness of the affected gland. Common salivary gland disorders that are accompanied by pain include sialoadenitis, sialolithiasis, epidemic parotitis, and tumors. Pain originating in the salivary glands is typical of inflammatory, infectious, traumatic, or neoplastic origin. One request was from a visitor of my website, suffering some facial swelling after dry needling to their masseter muscle and the other was from another PT colleague who has a young teen presenting with intermittent facial swelling, so I took this as a sign that maybe I need to put a blog together to highlight some of the more common causes, but not all-inclusive, causes of facial swelling. I recently received two inquiries in one week requesting explanations for facial swelling and as it might relate to TMJ issues.
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