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==[[Viral Parotitis (Mumps)]]==
==Types==
[[File:Illu quiz hn 02.jpg|thumb|Salivary glands: #1 Parotid gland, #2 Submandibular gland, #3 Sublingual gland.]]
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==[[Suppurative Parotitis]]==
==Differential Diagnosis==
===Background===
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*Serious bacterial infection of parotid gland that occurs in pts w/ decreased salivary flow
**Caused by retrograde migration of oral bacteria into salivary ducts and parenchyma
**Usually caused by staph, strep, anerobes
*Risk factors:
**Dehydration
**Prematurity or advanced age
**Sialolithiasis
**Oral neoplasms
**Salivary duct strictures
**Meds (cause systemic dehydration or decrease salivary flow)
***Diuretics
***Antihistamines
***TCAs
***B-blockers
**Chronic illnesses
***HIV
***Sjogren syndrome
***Anorexia/bulimia


===Clinical Features===
==See Also==
*Rapid onset
*[[Oropharynx and Jaw Diagnoses]]
*Skin over parotid gland is red and tender
*Purulent drainage from Stensen's duct
*Fever
*Trismus


===Treatment===
==References==
#Hydrate the volume-depleted patient
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#Massage and apply heat to the affected gland
#Stimulate salivation using sialagogues such as lemon drops
#Abx
##PO abx if pts can tolerate oral liquids and have no evidence of systemic illness
##Amoxicillin-clavulanate OR clindamycin OR cephalexin + metronidazole
##IV abx
###Indicated for trismus, inability to tolerate oral liquids, or immunocompromised
###Nafcillin OR ampicillin-sulbactam OR (vancomycin + metronidazole (if MRSA suspected))
 
==[[Sialolithiasis]]==
===Background===
*Development of a calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate stone in a stagnant salivary duct
*>80% occur in the submandibular gland
 
===Clinical Features===
*Pain, swelling, and tenderness may resemble parotitis
**Sialolithiasis is exacerbated by meals and may develop over course of minutes when eating
*Typically unilateral
*A stone may be palpated within the duct and the gland is firm
 
===Treatment===
*Abx only indicated if concurrent infection
*Palpable stones in the distal duct may be 'milked' out
*Give lemon drops or other sialogogues
 
==Source==
Tintinalli


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