What causes mumps?

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Parotid is a medical term for parotitis, which refers to the infection and inflammation of salivary gland, because salivary gland is also called parotid gland. These glands are buried behind your cheek, just below and in front of your ears. You can get infection and inflammation in one or two glands. Salivary glands are responsible for secreting saliva, which is important for keeping your mouth clean. What causes mumps? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

What causes mumps?

Bacterial infections are more common in the elderly because they often take drugs that can cause dry mouth. If the flow of saliva is reduced, bacteria will gather and grow in the saliva from the parotid gland into the oral cavity, causing infection.

Sialolithiasis of the parotid gland - if this happens, the flow of saliva is blocked, sometimes leading to infection and gland swelling. Mucus plug - when saliva is secreted by the parotid gland, it contains mucus. If the mouth is dry, it can cause mucus to thicken, thus slowing or even blocking the flow of saliva.

Viral infection - the most common viral infection used to be mumps, but today it's rare because of vaccination. Certain medical conditions - although they do not cause infection, they can cause parotid problems. Some of these diseases include Marbury, diabetes and alcoholism.

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Diet should be light, then chew and swallow the liquid. Such as rice soup, lotus root powder, orange water, fresh fruit juice, vegetable juice, watermelon juice, pear juice, sugarcane juice, carrot juice and milk, Plumeria soup, soybean milk, etc. The patient's condition improved and changed to half flow and soft food as soon as possible. But must be fine, soft, rotten, easy to chew and swallow.